How To Play

Find setup instructions, rules summaries, and strategy tips for the board games you own. Search by game name to find a guide and get your next game started.
Yellowstone: Box Cover Front

How To Play: Yellowstone

Yellowstone is a strategy game about guiding wildlife through the park while building useful habitats and chasing valuable scoring chances. Players move animals, plan around limited space, and balance short-term gains with future turns. Careful timing matters, because a flashy move now can leave your whole herd in a pickle.

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How To Play: Times

Times is a lively strategy game where players plan actions, manage limited options, and watch the clock. Each turn brings choices that can help you build a lead or leave you scrambling late in the game. Keep an eye on scoring, adapt to opponents, and save your strongest moves for the right moment.

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Titanic: Box Cover Front

How To Play: Titanic

Titanic is a tense cooperative board game where players move through the sinking ship, rescue passengers, manage crew, and use resources before time runs out. Each turn brings new problems, so teams must plan carefully, balance urgent rescues with long-term goals, and avoid wasting precious actions.

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How To Play: Guardians

Guardians is a team-based strategy game where players use unique powers, protect key areas, and work together against rising threats. On each turn, move your characters, play abilities, manage resources, and complete objectives. Good teamwork matters, because charging ahead alone usually ends with someone blaming the dice.

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How To Play: Carnival

Carnival is a lively strategy game where players build attractions, manage money, and improve their shows to earn the most points. On each turn, place tiles, buy useful upgrades, and watch your rivals’ plans. Smart timing matters, since the player who triggers the finale can shape the final scoring.

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How To Play: Politico

Politico is a strategy game about influence, alliances, and sharp political timing. Players gather resources, court supporters, and build voting blocs while trying to push their plans through. Make deals, watch your rivals, and choose when to act. The player with the strongest influence and best-timed moves wins the political circus.

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How To Play: Brew

Brew is a tactical woodland game where players roll dice, claim forest spaces, gather resources, and use creature powers to restore the land. Each turn brings tough choices: chase rare ingredients, block rivals, or save dice for powerful actions. After the final round, the player with the best mix of forests and potions wins.

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Aliens: Box Cover Front

How To Play: Aliens

Aliens is a tense cooperative survival game where players control marines, explore rooms, fight swarms, gather gear, and complete mission goals before the creatures overwhelm them. Each turn brings tough choices, noisy trouble, and plenty of shouting around the table. Work together, or become space monster snacks.

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How To Play: Faces

Faces is a lively guessing game where players study expressions, make clever guesses, and score points for reading the table well. On each turn, choose your move, watch how others react, and judge when to play it safe or take a chance. The player with the most points wins.

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Skyward: Box Cover Front

How To Play: Skyward

Skyward is a strategy game about building a city among the clouds. Players gather resources, place structures, use cards, and compete for influence while managing limited supplies. Each turn brings tough choices: expand now, save for later, or spoil another player’s plans. The player with the strongest city wins.

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Target: Box Cover Front

How To Play: Target

Target is a quick, competitive board game where players aim for the best scoring spaces while managing limited moves and clever timing. On your turn, choose an action, adjust your plans as the board changes, and watch your friends steal points. The player with the highest score wins.

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How To Play: Bears! – Setup, rule summary and strategy

If you're intrigued by the wild and whimsical game of 'How To Play Bears!', you're in for a pleasant surprise. This game combines dice rolling, strategic decision making, and risk assessment in a unique blend. Through understanding Your options between Camp or Adventure, mastering dice odds, and cleverly navigating game phases, anyone can enjoy this engaging game while strategizing for victory. Every game is an adventurous tale, just ripe for making memories.

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