Starter games are great games to start off your game night as well as to introduce to new players or people who want to play next level board games. Starter games are those games that are easy to pick up and play, do not take a lot of time to set up, and are typically great for any crowd. They are also great games for ending a game night when you have some players who are tired, but everyone else is not quite ready to call it a night!
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Casting Shadows is a game publisehd by Unstable Games. The premise of the game is for players to play as characters who begin in a base form, but who can later be upgraded to a more powerful shadow form. Character boards are two-sided and shadow forms have unique abilities. Players
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Dandelions is a game published by Board Game Tables. The premise of this game is for players to take on the roll of dandelions floating in the wind. Players use dice to move their dandelions around the garden tiles. Players score points at the end of the game based on
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Winterhaven Woods is a game published by Featherstone Games. The premise of the game is for players to create the most beneficial woodlands so they can populate them with animals preparing to endure the long winter months ahead. The game end is triggered after three rounds, at which point all
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Sushi Go Party! is a game published by Gamewright [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?2E]. The premise of the game is for players to collect the best sets of sushi cards to score the most points. The game end is triggered at the end of three rounds. After all points have
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Sushi Go! is a game published by Gamewright [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?2E]. The premise of the card game is for players to collect different types of sushi in an effort to gain the most points. After three rounds, the game end is triggered and the player with the most
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My City is a game published by KOSMOS [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?29]. The premise of the game is for players to take on the role of builders, who after a long journey, work to develop their new city. My City is a legacy game that can also be played
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Silver & Gold is a game published by Pandasaurus Games [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?C]. The premise of the game is for players to work to complete treasure cards by using the shapes on expedition cards to cross off boxes. Players also gain various benefits and points based on the
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TEN is a game published by Alderac Entertainment Group [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?Z]. The premise of the game is for players to gather sequences of numbers in each card color. Players do this by revealing cards one by one and press their luck to procure as many cards as
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Rolling Realms is a game published by Stonemaier Games [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?7]. In this roll-and-write game, players are working to gain the most stars over a period of three rounds. Each round players use three randomly chosen realms, each with a unique mini-game. On a turn, one player
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7 Summits is a game published by Deep Water Games [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?W]. The premise of the game is for players to take on the role of world class mountain climbers working to climb to the summits of the tallest mountains in the world. Once each mountain peak
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The Quacks of Quedlinburg is a game originally published by North Star Games [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?S] and now published by CMYK Games [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?T]. The premise of the game is for players to take on the role of quack doctors brewing up concoctions one ingredient
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Splendor: Marvel is a game published by SPACE Cowboys [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?1L]. The premise of the game is for players to recruit a team of super heroes and villains to gain infinity points. Each recruit has the potential to help you recruit even more powerful characters. The end