by MathPickle | Jul 10, 2015 |
Avalon (5-10 players; 20 minutes; ages 9+) Avalon is the best game for 5-10 players. Just less than half of players are secretly part of the evil team. They know who they are, but the good players are mostly in the dark. It is fast to play, and a real winner with...
by MathPickle | Jul 10, 2015 |
Puerto Rico (2-5 players; 90 minutes; ages 12+) The game is fantastic! It was deservedly ranked as the #1 game on Board Game Geek for many years. One of the advantages of the game is that you can start people playing with just a few rules – gradually...
by MathPickle | Jul 10, 2015 |
Rat-A-Tat-Cat is an elegantly simple card game in which addition is central. (Get the regular game – not the inferior “deluxe” set!)
by MathPickle | Jul 10, 2015 |
For Sale (3-6 players; 20 minutes; ages 6+) For Sale is one of MathPickle’s recommended games for the math classroom. The suggested age is 8+ on the package – and that is correct for the unmodified rules, but the rules can be simplified to make the game...
by MathPickle | Jul 9, 2015 |
Hanabi (2-5 players; 25 minutes; ages 8+) Hanabi is both the top deductive and co-operative game. It’s best with 3-4 players and is the only game that I’ve played where my real objective is to win without cheating too much. Players work together against the game, so...
