Question

What are some not-so-popular board games that people might not know about?

Answer 1

Mancala is a family of board games played around the world, sometimes called sowing games or count and capture games, which comes from the general gameplay. The best known games of this family in the Western world are Oware, Kalah, Omweso, and Bao. Mancala games play a role in many African and some Asian societies comparable to that of chess in the West.

Answer 2

go or i-go. Go is an ancient game that originated in China, with a definite history of over 3000 years, although there are historians who say that the game was invented more than 4000 years ago. Its name comes from the Japanese name Igo, which means "surrounding boardgame". The board is marked by a grid of 19 horizontal and 19 vertical lines to form 361 intersections. Of the 361 pieces, 181 are black stones and 180 are white. The player with the black stones begins by placing a stone on any intersection. The players alternate turns. The object for each player is to form an “eye,” that is, to completely encircle the opposing player's stones. The stones within the eye are then removed from the board. Scores are tallied by subtracting the number of stones a player has lost from the number of stones the player has remaining on the board.. . u can learn playin Go at http://www.senseis.xmp.net. . you can try playin it at yahoo games.

Answer 3

My all time favorite is Mastermind, but thats a little popular. How about the Nightmare games from the 80's. There were 4 and they came with videos that you had to watch as you played.

Answer 4

No need to go back through the centuries! Europeans are churning them out all the time - Americans are just unaware for some strange reason. Try Carcassonne, Settlers of Catan, Through the Desert, Puerto Rico, Ticket to Ride, Bohnanza, Bang, Elfenland, Power Grid, Alhambra, Union Pacific, Acquire... I could go on forever. There are lots of websites where you can buy them -. http://www.timewellspent.org/content/home.php. http://www.funagain.com/control/main. http://www.gamesurplus.com/site/index.cfm. http://www.fairplaygames.com/. http://www.bouldergames.com/news.asp. The prices and shipping can vary pretty wildly, so you might want to try this website to search for the best prices:. http://michaelareed.com/boardgamesearch/

Answer 5

sequence is one, very fun, and another is kazink, both games take a little strategy and a little luck but very fun.. Not sure where to buy them though, our games were given as a gift.

Answer 6

Ever heard of cubic? It's like star trek style tic tac toe. it has 4 levels of 4x4 grids and the object is to complete a row, colum or diagonal in any direction. lots of fun.

Answer 7

Spivs it's an 80's? space themed board game where you trade aliens.. . Samurai- cant remember it just that it had red and black samurai people for pieces. . . Masterpiece - you deal in paintings and have auctions.

Answer 8

STRATEGO.. UPWARDS.