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The Well-Rounded Player
Fri Mar 12 17:36:15 PST 2004
Are you a well-rounded player? Have you played at least one game from
each of the following categories? Print and use this as a checklist if you like.
[] Go
[] Backgammon
[] Monopoly
[] Scrabble
[] Chess
[] Lord of the Rings - The Confrontation
/ Hera and Zeus
/ Octi
/ Stratego
/ Animal Chess
/ Knightmare Chess
[lighter capture]
[] Zèrtz
/ Dvonn
/ Halma
/ Gipf
/ Quoridor
[pure abstract]
[] Tamsk [timed abstract]
[] Mü
/ Ninety-Nine
/ Oh Hell
/ Where's Bob's Hat?
/ Bridge
/ Skat
/ Spades
[trick-taking with bids]
[] David & Goliath
/ Sticheln
/ Mit List und Tücke
/ Njet!
/ Hattrick
/ Hearts
[trick-taking without bids]
[] Tichu
/ Das Grosse und das kleine A
/ Frank's Zoo
/ Olé!
/ Alles im Eimer
/ The Great Dalmuti
/ Corporate Shuffle
[climbing]
[] Schotten-Totten
/ Lost Cities
/ Gin Rummy
/ Babel
/ Kahuna
/ Hera & Zeus
/ Caesar & Cleopatra
/ Die Pyramiden des Jaguar
/ Up Front
/ Druidenwalzer
[two-player card]
[] Shark
/ Stephensons Rocket
/ Airlines
/ Union Pacific
/ Acquire
[shares with board activities]
[] Black Vienna
/ Code 777
/ Sleuth
/ Murder in the Abbey
/ Clue
/ Schwarzarbeit
[logical deduction]
[] Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective
/ Gumshoe
[free-form deduction]
[] Inkognito
/ Bang!
[identities and missions both secret]
[] Traders of Genoa
/ Chinatown
/ Quo Vadis
/ Kohle, Kies & Knete
[negotiation]
[] Republic of Rome
/ Illuminati
[bidding and negotiation]
[] Diplomacy
/ Machiavelli
/ Colonial Diplomacy
/ Africa 1880
[backstabbing and negotiation]
[] Pit
/ Zaubercocktail
/ Nodwick
/ Wheedle
[turnless trading]
[] Africa
/ Source of the Nile
/ Safe Return Doubtful
/ Entdecker
/ Die Neuen Entdecker
/ Goldland
[exploration]
[] Sindbad
/ Source of the Nile
/ Safe Return Doubtful
/ Legend of the Lost Dutchman
/ Talisman
/ Entenrallye
[narrative experience]
[] Tales of the Arabian Nights
/ Citadel of Blood
/ Barbarian Prince
/ Ambush!
/ Mosby's Raiders
/ State of Emergency
/ The Stainless Steel Rat
/ The Voyage of the Pandora
/ The Wreck of the Pandora
/ Star Trek: The Adventure Game
/ City of Chaos
[paragraph system]
[] The Great Balloon Race
/ Liar's Dice
/ Poker
/ Top Secret Spies
/ Drunter & Drüber
/ I Doubt It
/ You're Bluffing
/ Aladdin's Dragons
[bluff]
[] Can't Stop
/ Exxtra
/ Octo
/ Fill or Bust
[dice jeopardy]
[] Yahtzee [dice category]
[] The Fantasy Trip
/ Champions
/ Dungeons & Dragons
/ GURPS
/ Runequest
/ Traveller
[role-playing]
[] Hare and Tortoise
/ Die Seidenstraße
/ Cartagena
[abstract racing]
[] Napoleon at Waterloo
/ Quebec 1759
/ Breakout: Normandy
[full out military]
[] Wallenstein
/ History of the World
/ Britannia
/ Vinci
[light military]
[] Hannibal
/ We the People
/ For the People
/ Successors
/ Paths of Glory
[card-driven military]
[] World in Flames
/ War in Europe
/ Campaign for North Africa
/ The Longest Day
/ Terrible Swift Sword
[monster]
[] Civilization
/ Advanced Civilization
[civilization-building]
[] 1830
/ 1825
/ 1856
/ 2038
/ Ur: 1830 BC
[18XX]
[] Titan
[] Nuclear War
/ Infinity?
/ Burn Rate
/ Plague & Pestilence
["take that" cards]
[] Bang!
[identities and missions secret with take that cards]
[] Deep Space Navigator
[drawing]
[] V.O.C.
[blind drawing]
[] Cosmic Eidex
/ Cosmic Encounter
/ Wiz War
[variable powers]
[] Formula De
/ Daytona 500
/ Formula 1
[auto racing]
[]
Lunatix Loop
/ Circus Imperium
/ Circus Maximus
[racing with violence]
[]
Expedition
/ Streetcar
/ Carcassonne
/ Santa Fe
/ Santa Fe Rails
/ Clippers
/ Kontor
/ Wildlife Adventure
/ Metro
/ The Very Clever Pipe Game
/Legemax
/ Fahrradtour
[cooperative connection]
[]
Expedition
/ Streetcar
/ Santa Fe
/ Ulysses
/ Wildlife Adventure
[geographical uncertainty]
[] Empire Builder
/ Eurorails
/ Iron Dragon
/ Funkenschlag
/ TRAiNSPORT: Austria
/ TRAiNSPORT: Switzerland
[crayon rails]
[] Pacific Northwest Rails
/ Fische Fluppen Frikadellen
/ Auf Achse
/ Empire Builder
/ Sindbad
/ Samarkand
/ Marchands d'empire
/ Fugger, Welser, Medici
/ Bean Trader
/ Distant Seas
/ Die Flößerei
[traveling merchant]
[] Silverton
[] Take It Easy
[] Die Macher
/ Web of Power
/ El Grande
/ Vendetta
[region dominance]
[] Capitol
/ Manhattan
[regional stacking]
[] San Francisco
/ Adel Verpflichtet
/ Basari
[outguessing]
[] Magic: the Gathering
/ Mythos
[collectible]
[] Settlers of Catan
/ Abenteuer Menschheit
[] Euphrat & Tigris
[] Bohnanza
[] Captain Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition
/ Kill Dr. Lucky
/ Save Dr. Lucky
[variable turns]
[] For Sale
/ Montgolfière
/ Raj
/ Dolce Vita
[light card bidding]
[] American Megafauna
/ Urland
/ Evo
/ Ursuppe
/ Wildlife
[mutation]
[] Ricochet Robot
/ Boggle
/ My Word
/ Flickwerk
[timed puzzle]
[] Roborally
/ Dragon Delta
/ Warhamster Rally
/ RAMbots (Icehouse)
[simultaneous programmed movement]
[] Ricochet Robot
/ Roborally
/ Boggle
[around the corner thinking]
[] Cairo
/ Carabande
/ Elchfest
/ Carroms
[flicking]
[] Jenga
/ Bamboleo
/ Bausack
/ Villa Paletti
[stacking]
[] Elfenland
/ King of the Elves
/ Elfenroads
[race and obstacle]
[] Merchants of Amsterdam
/ RA
/ Medici
/ Modern Art
/ Pizarro & Co.
[auction]
[] Tikal
/ Mexica
/ Java
/ Torres
[action points]
[] Citadels
/ Meuterer
/ Verräter
/ Hoax
[changing roles]
[] Eleusis
/ Democrazy
/ Banana Republic
/ Fluxx
/ Nomic
/ Das Regeln Wir Schon
[uncertain rules]
[] Trivial Pursuit
/ Chronology
[trivia]
[]
Balderdash
/ Pictionary
/ Apples to Apples
/ Time's Up!
/ Barbarossa
/ What Were You Thinking
[party]
[] Tales of the Arabian Nights
/ Once Upon a Time
[storytelling]
[] Filthy Rich
[] Ebbe & Flut
[] Troia
[] Extrablatt
/ Princes of Florence
[space management]
[] Kanaloa
/ Time Pirates
/ Captain Park's Imaginary Expedition
[movement to collect sets]
[] San Marco [pie mechanism]
[] Lord of the Rings [cooperative]
[] Strand-Cup
[] Old Town
[] Puerto Rico [variable phase order]
[] Vom Kap Bis Kairo
[] Beest
Thanks for the suggestions of
Brian Bankler,
Joe Huber,
Iain Cheyne
and
Doug Orleans.
This page is honored to be recommended by the
Motley Fool Games FAQ.
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