Board game rules, answered

Quick, plain-English answers for 16 board games (1,256 rules in all), including their expansions.

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• 7 Wonders Duel

  Two-player civilization duel: build cities and Wonders to win by military, science, or points.

• Ark Nova

  Build and manage a modern zoo, balancing animal appeal with conservation work.

• Azul

  Draft colored tiles, fill your pattern lines and decorate the palace wall to score the most points.

• Brass: Birmingham

  Build canals and railways as industrialists racing to grow the Midlands economy.

• Carcassonne

  Tile-laying medieval roads, cities, and farms.

• Concordia

  Expand across the Roman world with colonists and houses, and build a hand of cards that score at the end.

• Dune: Imperium

  Deck-building and worker placement for control of Arrakis.

• Everdell

  Build a woodland city of Critters and Constructions, placing workers through the seasons.

• Pandemic

  Cooperative race to stop four diseases from spreading worldwide.

• Root

  Asymmetric woodland warfare and politics.

• Spirit Island

  Cooperative spirits defending an island from invaders.

• Splendor

  Renaissance gem merchants racing to 15 prestige.

• Terraforming Mars

  Corporations racing to terraform Mars.

• Ticket to Ride

  Claim train routes across the map to connect cities and complete tickets.

• Ticket to Ride: Europe

  Claim European train routes with tunnels, ferries, and train stations.

• Wingspan

  Attract birds to your wildlife reserves with an engine-building card game.