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Tsuro: The Game of the Path

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Build your own Path without your opponents steering you in the wrong direction—or off the board! Tsuro is the quick-playing game in which directions can change as easily as the game plays.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Special Education
Play Time: 
10 min.
Tsuro: The Game of the Path

Jungle Speed

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Jungle Speed was invented approximately 3000 years ago by the Aboulou Tribe in Eastern Trisopotamia to determine the shares of food each member received after a successful hunt. The Aboulous originally used eucalyptus leaves as cards for the game.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Play Time: 
10 min.
Jungle Speed

Fjords

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Players first explore and discover the area near the rugged and irregular fjords. Each is seeking the valuable farmlands, which are scarce, as they are squeezed between the mountains and the sea.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Special Education
Play Time: 
20 min.
Fjords

Backseat Drawing

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The Hysterical Game of Sketchy Directions! Two teams race to identify drawings done by their own team members. But the artists don’t know what they are drawing—they can only follow the instructions given by another team member.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
ELA
Fine Arts
Play Time: 
20 min.
Backseat Drawing

Blokus

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Every move counts in this award-winning game as players stake their territory, square by square. The simple rules take less than a minute to learn, yet the game has the depth to challenge beginners and experts alike, perfect for the whole family.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
Special Education
Play Time: 
20 min.
Blokus

FITS

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Can you skillfully fill in your playing board so that all the differently shaped tiles fit perfectly without leaving any spaces?! If a piece doesn't fit precisely, slot it in the best you can because the game's not over yet.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
Special Education
Play Time: 
20 min.
FITS

Carcassonne

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In this tile-laying game, players pull a tile and place it on the board building the area of Carcassone, France. If a player's tile starts a new city, road, farm or monastery they can place one of their "meeples" on the tile to claim control.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Play Time: 
45 min.
Carcassonne

Zooloretto

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Each player is a zoo owner. Players score points by attracting as many visitors to their zoos as possible. To accomplish this, they must collect matching sets of animals in enclosures. If they have more types of animals than enclosures, they must keep the extra animals in their barn.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Play Time: 
45 min.
Zooloretto

Manhattan

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Building boom in Manhattan! But not only there! Sky-scrapers are springing up all around the world.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Special Education
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
45 min.
Manhattan

Sidibaba

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In Sidibaba, players take on the role of Sidibaba and his friends who are searching for hidden treasure in a cave.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
ELA
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
45 min.
Sidibaba

Ricochet Robots

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Ricochet Robots is less of a game and more of a puzzle, which explains why there's such an odd number of solutions possible. There's a four-piece modular board that forms a large room with walls spread around the board. There are also color-coded targets on boards.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
Science
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
25 min.
Ricochet Robots

Twin Tin Bots

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"The robot was advancing fast towards the base, loaded with crystals – but the opponent team's robot was nearing. 'Bzzzzt!' Lightning sparked briefly, and the Bot changed course to unload the crystal a few meters from his base, his programming slightly jammed by the shock wave.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
50 min.
Twin Tin Bots

New York 1901

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Relive the dawn of modern New York City, the historic years that made it what it is today. Build bigger and higher skyscrapers on some of Lower Manhattan's most iconic streets.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
45 min.
New York 1901

Gravity Maze

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It’s a maze game. It’s a marble game. Actually, it’s a gravity-powered logic maze game that builds reasoning skills and visual perception. The best part is – it’s fun to play and learn! Use the challenge cards to strategically place towers and create a path for your marble to reach the target.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Computer Science
Play Time: 
15 min.
Gravity Maze