Type of game

Strategy games

Games classified as strategy games, with room for planning and meaningful decisions. 15 games in our catalogue so far.

Trade & build
Catan box

Catan

Trade wheat for brick, build roads, and race to ten points.

3–4 players60–90 min10+ years
Engine building
Wingspan box

Wingspan

Calm card game about birds where every new bird boosts your turns.

1–5 players40–70 min10+ years
Cooperative
Pandemic box

Pandemic

Work together to cure four diseases before time runs out

2–4 players45 min8+ years
Territory control
Bharata 600 BC box

Bharata 600 BC

Build an ancient Indian kingdom; dice-free battles, handmade Channapatna pieces.

2–4 players30–90 min14+ years
Deduction
Scotland Yard box

Scotland Yard

Detectives team up to track the hidden Mr X across London

3–6 players45–60 min10+ years
Solo puzzles
Perplexus Epic box

Perplexus Epic

A one-player 3D maze ball with 125 obstacles to beat

1 player5–60 min8+ years
Money and property
Brass: Birmingham box

Brass: Birmingham

Build canals, railways and industries across Industrial Revolution England

2–4 players1–2 hrs14+ years
Engine building
Terraforming Mars box

Terraforming Mars

Race rival corporations to make Mars warm, wet and breathable

1–5 players1.5–2 hrs12+ years
Territory control
Risk box

Risk

Raise armies, roll dice and fight to conquer the world map

2–5 players1–3 hrs10+ years
Deduction
Scotland Yard Deluxe box

Scotland Yard Deluxe

Ravensburger's current Scotland Yard, with bobbies, ticket boards and beginners' rules

2–6 players30–60 min8+ years
Roll and move
Business: The Gold Quest box

Business: The Gold Quest

Buy Indian and overseas companies with resources and race for gold

2–4 players45 min7+ years
Solo puzzles
Perplexus Beast box

Perplexus Beast

The original Perplexus maze ball: 100 obstacles, one steady pair of hands

1 player5–60 min8+ years
Solo puzzles
Eureka box

Eureka

Flip eight cubes around a tray until every smiley faces up

1 player5–30 min8+ years
Roll and move
Anti-Monopoly box

Anti-Monopoly

Two sides, two sets of rules: fair competitors against greedy monopolists

2–6 players1–3 hrs8+ years
Solo puzzles
Perplexus Rebel box

Perplexus Rebel

A first Perplexus maze: 70 obstacles to twist, tilt and beat

1 player5–30 min8+ years

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