Games collection
24 games in this collection.
The central choice in a push-your-luck game is when to stop. Draw again or roll again and you may gain more, but you may lose what you have built up this turn. These games are usually fast and easy to teach, which makes them good openers. Watch a round to see what is at stake and whether the game gives players ways to judge the risk beyond hoping for a lucky result.
Editorially updated October 2, 2026
2018Wolfgang Warsch
In Quacks, which was first released as The Quacks of Quedlinburg, players are charlatans - or quack doctors - each making their own secret brew by adding ingredients one at a time.
2 - 4 players45 min1.9 weight
2019Jamey Stegmaier
Tapestry is a two-hour game for 1-5 players designed by Jamey Stegmaier.
1 - 5 players90 - 120 min3.0 weight
2022Asger Aleksandrov Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen
Based on simple and intuitive hand management, Heat: Pedal to the Metal puts players in the driver's seat of intense car races, jockeying for position to cross the finish line first, while managing…
1 - 6 players30 - 60 min2.2 weight
2021Evan Derrick, A. J. Porfirio
Playing on a famous horror movie trope, Final Girl is a solitaire-only game that puts the player in the shoes of a female protagonist who must kill the slasher if she wants to survive.
1 players20 - 60 min2.8 weight
2024Eric Olsen
Flip over cards one by one without flipping the same number twice.
3 - 18 players20 min1.0 weight
2022Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner, Ian Moss
The Looking Glass has shattered, madness is being drained from the inhabitants, and war has come to Wonderland.
2 - 5 players45 - 125 min3.0 weight
2022Bruno Cathala, Théo Rivière
During your turn, you assemble your hand, maybe place cards for their effect, and decide if you want to end the round.
2 - 4 players30 - 45 min1.5 weight
2004Alan R. Moon
With elegantly simple gameplay, Ticket to Ride can be learned in under 15 minutes.
2 - 5 players30 - 60 min1.8 weight
1999Reiner Knizia
Ra is an auction and set-collection game with an Ancient Egyptian theme.
2 - 5 players45 - 60 min2.3 weight
2016Nate French, MJ Newman
Something evil stirs in Arkham, and only you can stop it.
1 - 2 players60 - 120 min3.6 weight
2011Richard Garfield
In King of Tokyo, you play mutant monsters, gigantic robots, and strange aliens-all of whom are destroying Tokyo and whacking each other in order to become the one and only King of Tokyo.
2 - 6 players30 min1.5 weight
2016Paul Dennen
Burgle your way to adventure in the deck-building board game Clank!
2 - 4 players30 - 60 min2.2 weight
2022Jamie Jolly
Oathsworn is a Twisting Tales Game for 1-4 players where play is focused on narrative choices and rich miniature combat encounters.
1 - 4 players30 - 90 min3.7 weight
2021Ryan Laukat
"Are the stars unfamiliar here?" she asked, and the sky grew suddenly dark, the star's patterns alien and exotic.
1 - 4 players60 - 1200 min3.3 weight
2016Uwe Rosenberg
A Feast for Odin is a saga in the form of a board game.
1 - 4 players30 - 120 min3.9 weight
2022Paul Dennen
The catacombs of the skeletal dragon Umbrok Vessna are mysterious and dangerous.
2 - 4 players45 - 90 min2.5 weight
2021John D. Clair
Be fast or be last!
2 - 4 players30 - 60 min2.2 weight
2022Tim Burrell-Saward, Isaac Childres, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Brian Neff
For an age, the tower lay in ruins.
1 - 4 players100 - 120 min2.7 weight
2005Alan R. Moon
Ticket to Ride: Europe takes you on a new train adventure across Europe.
2 - 5 players30 - 60 min1.9 weight
2021Joshua Van Laningham
In Bullet♥︎, players take on the role of heroines in a far-flung future Earth and use their incredible powers to defend the Earth from evil - as well as from one another!
1 - 4 players10 - 20 min2.2 weight
2020Paolo Di Stefano, Gabriel Gendron
Mini Rogue is a minimalist dungeon crawler board game in which one or two players delve into a deep dungeon in order to get a mysterious ruby called the Og's Blood.
1 - 2 players30 - 45 min2.0 weight
2024Reiner Knizia
Let me take you on a journey to the year 2075.
2 - 5 players30 - 60 min1.7 weight
2021Aske Christiansen
In Living Forest, you play as a nature spirit who will try to save the forest and its sacred tree from the flames of Onibi.
1 - 4 players40 min2.2 weight
2024Remo Conzadori, Paolo Mori
Ahoy, Captain!
2 - 5 players20 min1.2 weight
Push-your-luck games with at least three videos on this site, ordered by how many different creators cover each game, then by number of videos.
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