Spiel des Jahres

Tikal

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Each player is the director of an expedition intent on exploring Tikal in search of the secret paths that lead to the temples and precious treasures that have remained hidden for over 1000 years.

Grade Level: 
High
Play Time: 
90 min.
Tikal

El Grande

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The players are the Grandes in old Spain. Each wants to increase his influence at the court and in the regions. Each turn, the players choose from 5 actions, different on each turn. But first choice goes to the player who plays the highest priority card and you have only 13 for the game.

Grade Level: 
High
Play Time: 
90 min.
El Grande

Niagara

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Niagara is set in the not particularly safe world of rushing waterfalls.

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

Hare & Tortoise

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This game features the legendary race between the hare and the tortoise, but with a twist. Each player plays both parts at different stages of the race. Sometimes it is best to race like rabbit; others, it is best to move slowly and cautiously like the turtle.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
Play Time: 
45 min.
Hare & Tortoise

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

Ticket to Ride

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All aboard! Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure. Players collect cards of various types of train cards that enable them to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
45 min.
Ticket to Ride

Villa Paletti

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In the land where the Lemons bloom, there once lived a wise old sage, whose friends called him "Paletti" He only had one goal in life, to finish the wonderful castle in the sky that his grandfather had begun to build many years before, but which had been left unfinished when the ducats

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Play Time: 
20 min.
Villa Paletti

Dixit Odyssey

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Dixit is a visually stunning game that rewards creativity, imagination and empathy. In Dixit, each player has a hand of beautifully illustrated cards that are evocative of fairy tales, surrealistic painting and dream imagery.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
ELA
Fine Arts
Special Education
Play Time: 
30 min.
Dixit Odyssey

Dominion

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ou are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams! You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion!

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

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

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