… Play Nice (please)
2-6 players (best with 3-4) // 15 mins // Easy
One of the most compact games! You actually roll the pieces of cheese!
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Kickstarter
=> Official Website
=> Len’s half page Rules Summary
How to Play (but quite ambiguous):
Word Games
Word Games
Word Games:
Word Games:
Word games
2 Players // 20 mins // Easy to learn and play
Like a page in a Word Search book … a grid of letters and you try to find words in a straight line up, down, left or right or even diagonal!
=> Len’s half page Rule Summary (v2)
Make it a four player game? 32 tiles in one game plus 28 tiles in the other – 60 tiles. Instead of 4×4 with 16 tiles … 6×6 with 36 tiles … each player keeps the same number of markers to start the game (ie, 25 for each player – 26 for first player). Or perhaps two 4×4 grids (32 tiles) and you choose which one to find your word on. Or perhaps 5×5 grid (25 tiles) plus give each of the four players one grid (25+4=29 tiles) to place anywhere on any turn (just like gaining one by finding a word that has letters on 3 or more tiles)
A great quick look at dozens of Word Games (but NOT WordSpot):
And another TEN word games list (again, doesn’t include WordSpot though):
WordSpot game:
1-12+ players // 10 mins // Easy
Easy to learn, setup and play. One person rolls one die and flips one card that everyone uses (so no claiming that you got the bad cards:) Everyone draws the shape shown on the die in the row, column or grid area specified by the card.
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Official Website
=> Rulebook AND Player Sheets
=> Len’s half page Rule Summary
=> Large Player Sheet (print your own)
=> 4 player sheets page (print your own)
Official Quick Overview:
1 player Solo // 15 mins // Easy
OK … when considering games that are easy to play in a Coffee Shop, it seems appropriate to include a couple COFFEE / TEA games, like this. The game fits in your pocket (literally) and needs very little table space. Plus you can play a full game in 15 minutes – about the time to drink your coffee or tea.
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Official Webpage
=> Rulebook
Overview:
2-4 players (best with 3) // 30 mins // Easy
When I found out that the coffee shop that I go to (Java Abilities) allows people to play games, I not only created a group of games that would be perfect to play in a coffee shop (quick and easy on a small table), but I included a couple coffee / tea themed games as well.
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rules
Overview (from Ryan and Bethany)
2-5 players (best with 3) // 10 mins // Easy
Perfect game to play while waiting for the others to arrive for your game day! Just a handful of dice that you can roll into the box cover so it needs very little table space. Or just put the dice in your pocket or purse so you can play anytime you have a few minutes to spare!
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rules
=> Len’s v1 Half Page Rules Summary
Review:
1-6 players // 30 mins // Mostly easy (varies with game cards)
This is a game that is a collection of MANY mini roll and write games! Rolling Realms comes with 12 mini games. Then the Redux edition adds 12 more. Plus there are many mini game packs that you can add to the game. There already are over 100 mini games in the Rolling Realms universe!
I now have a full 70 page website for this game!
=> MyRollingRealms.wordpress.com
BoardGameGeek => Rolling Realms // Rolling Realms Redux
Official Website => Rolling Realms Packs
Rules, Realms, FAQ => RollingRealms-promo-rulebook
=> Rolling Realms Info Cards (base game-ALL) [Len’s cards]
=> Over 200 Video Play throughs
Overview:
2-4 players (best with 4) // 30 mins // Easy
Just a small deck of cards and 6 small dice per player, so it’s easy to carry with you and needs very little table space. Try to roll your dice to match the dice shown on one of the three cards before others do. Repeat until one player hits the points needed to win.
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Official Website
=> Rules
=> Lens Rules Summary (v1)
How to Play (with partial playthrough)
2-5 players (best with 4) // 15 mins // Easy
Just a deck of a hundred poker sized cards, so it is easy to bring with you and needs very little table space. A perfect game for those who are visual oriented because the game is all about determining which cards have more or less of a certain color on them!
=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rules
How To Play:
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