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Recommended Casual Game Award

Casual Game Recommended badgeEach Recommended game has been carefully evaluated by our editorial staff and found to meet the following conditions:

• Representative of the casual game genre in terms of game length, depth, and complexity
• Appeals to a general audience, with a G or PG content rating
• Has acheived a high rating in gameplay, quality, and originality

 


 

Armadöra is a magical land, known for its abundance of treasure and peril. It’s plentiful Dwarven gold mines are frequently targets of raids from the neighboring factions of Elves, Wizards, Orcs, and Goblins. So, if you want to take your share of treasure, you will have to lay claim to the land by placing your palisades and warriors so that your forces outnumber those of your opponents. Each turn the question is simple: should you place one warrior or two palisades?

Clans clash, water splashes and the booming croaks of bullfrogs ring out across the moonlit pond…
 
Bullfrogs is a quick area control game of tactical combat. Players take command of competing frog clans in an attempt to outmaneuver each other for dominance over the pond.
 
Each opponent battles for lily pads by deploying, sabotaging and jumping frogs on an ever-changing pond of lily pads. On a turn, players play a card, take actions and engage in amphibian hi-jinks!

Checkers and Chess have been classic, go-to games for hundreds of years, but where is the modern twist? Tak-Tak is today’s new two-player strategy board game! It has simple rules like Checkers and the layered strategies of Chess for a gameplay dynamic that is both familiar and fresh. Players take turns moving their pieces into the gray “war zone” with the goal of reaching their opponent’s safe zone on the other side of the board.

In The Last Spike, players cooperate to build a railway from St. Louis to Sacramento. Many different routes are possible. Each player competes to accumulate the most money from land speculation before the "last spike" is laid. Quick to learn, the game is great fun for ages 10+.

Invite family and friends to join a game where you race to outfox your opponents and being quick and witty count more than being correct.

Using randomly drawn letters, you'll compose answers to goofy questions. Don't sweat about spelling or grammar – they hardly matter. Whether it's misspelled or entirely made-up, if you can convince the judge that your answer is a gem rather than a "Stinker", you'll be one step closer to the sweet smell of victory!

An unknown terrorist organization is on the rise, looking to spread fear while profiting from the chaos they create. You, your fellow members of the Retro City Comb Squad, and your trusty bomb disposal robot are all that stands between these dastardly villains and the innocent civilians of Retro City.

Lives are at stake. Time is ticking. Let's go!

The crew of the pirate ship just elected a new captain. This man will lead you toward fortune or disaster...

Luckily, if you disagree with him, you can still start a mutiny and become the next captain yourself!

Jolly Roger is a card game of pillage, plunder, and mutinies for 4 to 10 pirates.

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