Blokus

2-4 players (best with 4) // 20 mins // Easy

The main game board actually has slight ridges to separate the squares in it’s grid, making it easy to play your piece plus make it safe when a table is slightly bumped. Simply play a piece of your color to connect to the corner of any of your pieces on the board… yes, you only connect diagonally, not edge to edge!

Reminds me a bit of the cycle battle in Tron:)

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rules
=> Variants for 2 or 3 players

=> Video playlist

How to play in 1 minute:

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Scrabble Up

This is a real time game in that it has a “timer” … which is the gimmick :) It is a small marble that rolls down the zig zag track – when it hits the bottom your turn is over:) While I DON’T like “timer” based games, I saw this game for $5 and got it just for the fun of it:) And you can play the whole game in about TEN MINUTES as well!

=> BoardGameGeek

=> Video Playlist

Interesting … he explains the rules clearly (they are simple) but then does not FOLLOW the rules himself! (smile). He was supposed to make a word that started with the letter N … so he used the word PEN. Umm… that starts with a P :)

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My City

[note: this is NOT the roll and build version, but the full game]

I just got this game to play with my good friend thousands of miles away (due to the following note):

This can be played by people in other locations who also have the game using Zoom, as per this comment under a YouTube video (and mentioned in the first video below):

Another good point is that it plays well with physical copies across the world, using Skype or whatever, and calling the pieces bingo style!

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rules
=> Len’s 1 page Rules Summary v1

=> Video Playlist
=> Background Music (while playing the game)

Overview and Explanation (including how it can be played remotely across the country):

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