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Games

Board games, card games, dice games, party games, strategy games, and more!

Welcome to the Games LibGuide!


Here you can:

  • Learn about different types of games
  • Find library gaming events
  • Discover books about gaming
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Types of Games

Monopoly board on white bg

Board Games

These have a game board and pieces that are placed on the board.

Board games can be competitive or cooperative!

Examples of board games include:
  • Classic Board Games: Battleship, Candy Land, Clue, Monopoly, Mouse Trap, Risk, Sorry, Trivial Pursuit, Trouble
  • Newer Board Games: Azul, Everdell, Gloomhaven, Pandemic, PARKS, Terraforming Mars, Ticket to Ride, Wingspan
A combined deck and hand of cards for the game Royal Marriage.

Card Games

These games use classic playing cards or special, unique cards made for the game.

Usually cards only have information on one side, so your opponent can't see what you have!

Examples of card games include:
  • Classic Card Games: Bridge, Cribbage, Euchre, Gin Rummy, Hearts, Pinochle, Rummikub, Sequence, Solitaire, Uno
  • Newer Card Games: 7 Wonders, Canvas, Codenames, The Crew, Dominion, Love Letter, Splendor
4 out of 20 Crazy Yatzi variants of/expansions for Yahtzee/Kniffel

Dice Games

Dice add an element of luck or randomness to gaming.

Dice can be used in board games, but there are also some games that only use dice!

Examples of dice games include:
  • Dice Games: Boggle, Can't Stop, Farkle, Liar's Dice, Sagrada, Yahtzee, Zombie Dice
  • Other Games That Use Dice: Backgammon, Dungeons & Dragons, Ludo, Too Many Bones
Catch Phrase, a word guessing party game

Party Games

These games are typically played in large groups at social gatherings.

Party games are designed to be easy for new players to learn!

Examples of party games include:
  • Classic Party Games: Apples to Apples, Balderdash, Bingo, Catch Phrase, Charades, Mafia, Pictionary, Taboo, Trivial Pursuit
  • Newer Party Games: Cards Against Humanity, Codenames, Dixit, Hues and Cues, Just One, Monikers, Sushi Go Party!
Checkmate

Strategy Games

These games require careful and thoughtful decision-making.

Players must master the logic behind the game in order to succeed!

Examples of strategy games include:
  • Classic Strategy Games: Backgammon, Battleship, Catan, Chess, Go, Monopoly, Quarto, Risk, Sequence
  • Newer Strategy Games: Azul, Canvas, Gloomhaven, Hive, Pandemic, Patchwork, Root, Ticket to Ride, Wingspan
Photo of black polyhedral game dice

Tabletop Roleplaying Games

These games require players to improvise choices based on a character they've created.

Often players must roll some dice to see if they fail or succeed!

Want to learn about Tabletop RPGs?

Visit our TTRPG LibGuide!

guides.mysapl.org/tabletop