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2021
Ages 14+
Ark Nova
8.54
1-4 players
90-150 min
3.73 weight
Strategy
Animals
Economic
Environmental
End Game Bonuses
Hand Management
Hexagon Grid
Components: Hexagonal Tiles
Digital Implementations: Board Game Arena
2017
Ages 12+
Gaia Project
8.39
1-4 players
60-150 min
4.4 weight
Strategy
Civilization
Economic
Miniatures
End Game Bonuses
Hexagon Grid
Income
Category: Combinatorial
Components: Control Boards
2012
Ages 12+
Terra Mystica
8.07
2-5 players
60-150 min
3.97 weight
Strategy
Civilization
Economic
Fantasy
Area Majority / Influence
Chaining
End Game Bonuses
Category: Combinatorial
Components: Control Boards
2009
Ages 10+
Mars
8.21
2-4 players
?-? min
2.38 weight
Strategy
Exploration
Space Exploration
Territory Building
Contracts
Delayed Purchase
End Game Bonuses
Crowdfunding: Kickstarter
Digital Implementations: Tabletopia
2012
Ages 8+
Suburbia
7.48
1-4 players
60-90 min
2.77 weight
Strategy
City Building
Economic
Auction: Dutch
Catch the Leader
End Game Bonuses
Components: Game Trayz Inside
Digital Implementations: Tabletopia
1986
Ages 14+
1830: Railways & Robber Barons
7.87
2-7 players
180-360 min
4.16 weight
Strategy
Economic
Trains
Transportation
Auction/Bidding
Hexagon Grid
Investment
Category: Combinatorial
Components: Map (Continental / National scale)
2004
Ages 14+
Antiquity
7.85
2-4 players
120-180 min
4.32 weight
Strategy
City Building
Civilization
Economic
Grid Coverage
Hexagon Grid
Modular Board
Components: Polyominoes
Digital Implementations: Boardgamecore
2021
Ages 14+
Boonlake
7.67
1-4 players
80-160 min
3.78 weight
Strategy
American West
Civilization
Economic
End Game Bonuses
Follow
Hexagon Grid
Animals: Cattle / Cows
Components: Control Boards
2020
Ages 10+
Honey Buzz
7.60
1-4 players
45-90 min
2.76 weight
Family
Strategy
Animals
Economic
Action Retrieval
Contracts
Grid Movement
Animals: Bees
Animals: Insects
2005
Ages 14+
1846: The Race For The Midwest
7.93
3-5 players
120-240 min
3.97 weight
Strategy
Economic
Trains
Hexagon Grid
Investment
Market
Country: USA
Digital Implementations: 18xx.games
1995
Ages 10+
Catan
7.10
3-4 players
60-120 min
2.3 weight
Family
Strategy
Economic
Negotiation
Chaining
Dice Rolling
Hexagon Grid
Animals: Sheep
Components: Hexagonal Tiles
2012
Ages 14+
Archipelago
7.29
2-5 players
30-240 min
3.74 weight
Strategy
Civilization
Economic
Exploration
Area Majority / Influence
Auction/Bidding
Commodity Speculation
Components: Meeples
Components: Hexagonal Tiles
2017
Ages 10+
Photosynthesis
6.99
2-4 players
30-60 min
2.26 weight
Abstract
Family
Abstract Strategy
Economic
Action Points
Area Majority / Influence
Bias
Category: Combinatorial
Components: 3-Dimensional (3D)
2018
Ages 13+
Auztralia
7.36
1-4 players
30-120 min
2.89 weight
Strategy
Economic
Exploration
Fantasy
Action Retrieval
Cooperative Game
Hexagon Grid
Components: Map (Regional scale)
Country: Australia
2004
Ages 14+
Shikoku 1889
7.98
2-6 players
90-210 min
3.87 weight
Strategy
Economic
Trains
Transportation
Auction/Bidding
Hexagon Grid
Market
Country: Japan
Crowdfunding: Kickstarter
2011
Ages 12+
Vanuatu
7.22
2-5 players
?-? min
3.3 weight
Strategy
Economic
Nautical
Auction/Bidding
Grid Movement
Hexagon Grid
Country: Vanuatu
Crowdfunding: Indiegogo
2020
Ages 13+
18chesapeake
7.72
2-6 players
?-? min
3.86 weight
Strategy
Economic
Trains
Transportation
Auction/Bidding
Hexagon Grid
Market
Country: USA
Crowdfunding: Kickstarter
2005
Ages 10+
Hacienda
6.92
2-5 players
60-90 min
2.63 weight
Strategy
Animals
Economic
Farming
Enclosure
Hexagon Grid
Network and Route Building
Country: Argentina
Country: Uruguay
2017
Ages 10+
The Castles Of Burgundy: The Dice Game
6.88
1-5 players
15-30 min
1.89 weight
Family
City Building
Dice
Economic
Dice Rolling
Hexagon Grid
Paper-and-Pencil
Components: Dice with Icons
Country: France
1982
Ages 12+
Empire Builder
6.95
2-6 players
?-? min
2.63 weight
Strategy
Economic
Trains
Transportation
Connections
Crayon Rail System
Hexagon Grid
Components: Crayons
Country: USA
2020
Ages 12+
Ride The Rails
7.18
3-5 players
45-60 min
2.23 weight
Strategy
Economic
Trains
Transportation
Hexagon Grid
Network and Route Building
Pick-up and Deliver
Category: Combinatorial
Country: USA
2017
Ages 12+
Iberian Gauge
7.33
3-5 players
60-90 min
2.37 weight
Strategy
Economic
Trains
Action Queue
Connections
Hexagon Grid
Category: Combinatorial
Country: Portugal
2015
Ages 12+
Forge War
7.16
1-4 players
60-180 min
3.75 weight
Strategy
Adventure
Economic
Fantasy
Grid Movement
Hexagon Grid
Modular Board
Components: Gems/Crystals
Crowdfunding: Kickstarter
1990
Ages 10+
Eurorails
7.10
2-6 players
180-240 min
2.74 weight
Strategy
Economic
Trains
Transportation
Connections
Crayon Rail System
Hexagon Grid
Components: Crayons
Series: Empire Builder Rail Games (Mayfair)