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Santorini

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Santorini is an accessible strategy game, simple enough for an elementary school classroom while aiming to provide gameplay depth and content for hardcore gamers to explore, The rules are simple. Each turn consists of 2 steps:

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Other
Play Time: 
20 min.

Pyramix

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Pull apart the pyramid! In Pyramix, players take turns removing one cube at a time from the pyramid stack. Cubes come in four colors and are worth 1-3 points depending on their symbol. You can remove a cube as long as two or three faces are exposed and it's not touching a cobra cube.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Other
Play Time: 
15 min.

Pentago

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An abstract strategy game for 2 players with four 3×3 grids arranged into a larger 6×6 grid. This game re-implements the well know "connect 4" with a twist: after placing a marble of his colour, the player has to twist one of the grids by 90°, so changing the board after every turn.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Play Time: 
5 min.
Pentago

Ingenious

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Designed by Reiner Knizia, Ingenious is the popular board game in which two to four players place colored tiles on a hexagonal board, scoring points, blocking opponents’ tile placement, and protecting themselves from being blocked.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Play Time: 
30 min.
Ingenious

Stomple

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This is a strategic marble stomping game. Outwit your opponents by stomping their marbles before they stomp yours! Outmaneuver by leaving their "stomper" trapped with no escape. OUTSTOMP the competition and you win!

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Play Time: 
10 min.
Stomple

Abalone

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This beautiful and functional board has room for two teams of large marbles. Players take turns pushing the marbles around the board, with the goal of pushing six of the opposing player's marbles off the board.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Play Time: 
20 min.
Abalone

Torres

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A series of devastating tornadoes, unleashed by enemy mages in the recent war has left all the king’s castles in ruin. Only the foundations of these once magnificent monuments remain.

Grade Level: 
High
Play Time: 
60 min.
Torres

Hive

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Hive is a fantastic game for two, played with highly tactile Bakelite tiles. The aim of the game is to be the first player to surround your opponent's Queen Bee using a team of assorted creatures of both your own and your opponent's color.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Play Time: 
20 min.
Hive