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Games

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For a complete list of games on the wiki, check the CategoryGame page. The GamesStatistics spreadsheet with all the games makes it easy to get various statistics on the games.


The below are the games that have a description page on this Wiki. To keep up with the latest games, see NewGames. For curated lists of good games to play, see Competitions, RecommendedGames, GamersDozen, FreeCulcha, and The Infinite Board Game. You can also view lists of games sorted by

Also see games sorted by License.

For a categorised list of piecepack games see TaxonomyOfPiecepackGames.

For a list of abstract games that you can play with a piecepack see GenericAbstracts.


GamesDesigner / AdapterEquipment Required
A Knight's Tale Steve Beard piecepack
Activator Michael Schoessow single standard piecepack, PiecepackPyramids
Adultery S. Deniz Bucak standard piecepack, pawn saucers or belts
Ahoy, Matey Steve Beard piecepack
AlienCity Michael Schoessow piecepack, Icehouse set
Alquerque Traditional / Jessica Eccles standard piecepack, gameboard from rules
ArmyBrats DonKirkby and AlanPrice piecepack
Backgammon Traditional, adapted by TrevorLDavis one standard piecepack
Bagh Chal Traditional / Jessica Eccles standard piecepack, gameboard from rules
Baseball Jim Doherty one standard piecepack, deck of playing cards (no joker), playmats from rules
Berlin EricWitt single standard piecepack; opaque bag is optional for variant 1
Bid IanSchreiber and JebHavens piecepack, pen and paper
BingoBattle MartinWillett single standard piecepack
BlackPawnTrucking Phillip Lerche single standard piecepack, cup or bag and playmat from rules
BlackThursday ClarkRodeffer standard piecepack, opaque bag
Blockade DavidBoyle, James Kyle, ChrisYoung one standard piecepack
BloodDiamonds ClarkRodeffer SixPack, opaque bag, play aids from rules
BrainBurn Mark A. Biggar single standard piecepack
Burbuja Antonio Recuenco Muñoz One standard Piecepack
CardinalsGuards Michael Schoessow and Stephen Schoessow single standard piecepack, cup or bag, paper and pencil
Carroms Traditional / Mark A. Biggar single standard piecepack
CastleCroquetnole RonHaleEvans, based on a game by Lewis Carroll One piecepack and card table or custom board
Castles SantiagoEximeno single standard piecepack
CellManagement MarkGoadrich single standard piecepack
Chameleon MichaelSchoessow and StephenSchoessow 1 standard piecepack (with pawn saucers) plus 1 FourSeasonsExpansion
ChangeChange Sid Sackson, adapted by RonHaleEvans 11 piecepack coins
ChaosCruisers PaulElliot single standard piecepack, paper and pencil
Chariots Mark A. Biggar single standard piecepack
Chaturaji Traditional, adapted by TrevorLDavis one standard piecepack
Checkers Traditional, adapted for the piecepack by Mark A. Biggar single standard piecepack
CheminMontagneux MitchellAllen single standard piecepack
Chess Traditional adapted by RonHaleEvans single standard piecepack, 8 pennies and 8 dimes
ChineseCheckers Traditional, adapted for the piecepack by Mark A. Biggar single standard piecepack
ChoosySushi EricWitt single standard piecepack, paper and pencil
CityCouncil Phillip Lerche, Michael Schoessow, and Stephen Schoessow one standard piecepack, 50 pennies, one City Grid (combine 4 copies of the 7x7 grid at the end of the rules), one Turn Order/Action sheet (print out), 3-4 Player Aid sheets (print out 1 per player), pencil(s) and paper for scoring, and clear tape
CityPlanning Brad Johnson single standard piecepack, Go board and stones, bag, paper and pencil
Clear David Hassell one standard piecepack per player, cup or bag, paper and pencil
ClimbingMan JorgeArroyo single standard piecepack (2 piecepacks and a 30s sand clock for the 2 player variant)
Codes Roger Meertens one piecepack, an opaque bag, a pen, paper for each player and a playing screen or a large book.
CoinCollectors DonKirkby 1 piecepack
Colonization Ken Leyhe piecepack
ConsensusFantasy ChrisEngle and RonHaleEvans 1 or more piecepacks
Conspiracy Brad Johnson single standard piecepack, bag, paper and pencil, optional board
CoyoteMoon Robert Mundschau cup or bag
CreamOfTheCrop DonKirkby and Jay Cormier standard piecepack
Cribbage Traditional (Sir John Suckling), adapted by TrevorLDavis one standard piecepack and one deck of playing cards
CrocodileHop Tim Schutz Single standard piecepack
CroquetForPiecepack DanSmith standard piecepack
CultureWars GeorgeHarnish 1 basic PiecePack set and 36 tokens per player
Decay Robert Mundschau and MattHeistad single standard piecepack
Deduction Mark A. Biggar one standard piecepack, cup or bag, paper and pencil for each player
DelegateDash ChrystalOverby and GlennOverby piecepack
Desfases Antonio Recuenco Muñoz One standard Piecepack
Diplomats R. Wayne Schmittberger standard piecepack
DivorcedBeheadedDiedDivorcedBeheadedSurvived EricWitt single standard piecepack, paper and pencil, scorecard
Dominoids Brad Johnson single standard piecepack, double-6 domino set
DragonsHoard Ken Leyhe single standard piecepack, IceHouse, 2 cups or bags
DualPiecepacksPoker TrevorLDavis 8 unique piecepack suits
DungeonBuilders JorgeArroyo single standard piecepack (one suit per player)
DungeonCrawl James Kyle and PaulShope One standard piecepack
EasySlider RANDM Axes Games (RonHaleEvans and Marty Hale-Evans) one piecepack per player, an opaque bag, and a smooth, flat surface
ElephantRun JimAdams and AmyEnge piecepack
EpicFunhouse RonHaleEvans and Marty Hale-Evans one standard piecepack
Evade Alex Randolph, adapted for the piecepack by Mark A. Biggar One standard piecepack
Everest Mark A. Biggar one standard piecepack
FairyLights Jessica Eccles one standard piecepack
FourBlindMice TimFarley single standard piecepack, 1 min timer
FourFieldKono Traditional adapted by Michael Schoessow single standard piecepack
FroggyBottom Clay Blankenship Piecepack
FrostBitten Steve Beard standard piecepack
Fuji-san James Kyle single standard piecepack
GalaxyExpress Matt Worden single standard piecepack
Glob Antonio Recuenco Muñoz One standard Piecepack
GlobalWarming Mark A. Biggar, Aron Wall & Gloria Wall single standard piecepack, cup or bag
GlobularCluster MichaelSchoessow and StephenSchoessow 2 standard piecepacks including pawn saucers, approx. 100 pennies, pencil and paper
GoldRush SethJaffee and JasonSmulevitch piecepack, 8 gaming stones in a color for each player, poker chips in red, black, and yellow and blank business cards cut in half
GoodsFromCapeToCairo Phillip Lerche a printout of the playmat from the end of these rules for each player, 3 generic markers per player (for example: 12 pennies works fine for a 4 player game) (1 PlayingCardsExpansion suggested but not needed)
HangingGardens James Kyle One piecepack
HumanHarvest ToddKrause standard piecepack, coins
Iceberg Ken Leyhe piecepack
IceFloe Tim Schutz standard piecepack, one set of PiecepackPyramids, one candle, paper and pen
Incorporated S. Deniz Bucak standard piecepack
InterstellarConquest Ken Leyhe Piecepack Expanded or IceHouse, cup or bag
It's a Weird, Weird Galaxy JimAdams and AmyEnge piecepack, piecepack expansion (either seasons or cards), twelve unique counters for each player (twelve pennies, twelve nickels, etc.), scratch paper (or form found in appendix), pencil
Japan DanielAjoy and Fernanda Ausay 1 piecepack, two double 6 dominoes sets in different (Piecepack) colors
JokersAndCoins Adaptation of a public domain game for piecepack by CraigBlumer 3 standard decks of cards (with 6 Jokers), 1 standard piecepack (for 2–4 players) or 2 piecepacks (for 5–6)
JulGonu Traditional adapted by Michael Schoessow single standard piecepack
K'Dak's Tower of Confusion and Camel Carwash JimAdams and AmyEnge piecepack
KidSproutJumboree RonHaleEvans and Marty Hale-Evans single piecepack, pen or pencil, and paper. A calculator might help too.
King's Cottage JonathanDietrich one piecepack, an opaque bag , paper, a pen or pencil, optional score sheet from rules
KingArthursCourt Phillip Lerche single standard piecepack
KingdomsoftheMiddleSea Phillip Lerche single standard piecepack, box of matches, 50 tokens
KingOfNewTokyo Don Riddle one piecepack, four eight-sided dice or pen and paper
KingsProgress Phillip Lerche single standard piecepack, paper and pencil
KnightsTourRedux Ken Leyhe piecepack
LabRats Mark A. Biggar single standard piecepack
Landlocked EricWitt single standard piecepack
Landrush Ken Leyhe piecepack, bag, IceHouse
LeyLines James Kyle single standard piecepack, double-6 domino set, paper and pencil
LiquidCrystals Tim Schutz Piecepack, PiecepackMatchsticks expansion, paper & pencil
Ludo Traditional adapted by TrevorLDavis one standard piecepack
MagicMids Ken Leyhe piecepack, IceHouse
Magistratvm Brad Johnson & Phillip Lerche 20 small tokens in each of the player colors; print out of the play mat; about $2 in small change for money
Mancala Traditional adapted by MesomorphGames 2 standard piecepacks
Manipulation Adam B. Norberg single standard piecepack, paper and pencil
Martian Miners Roger Meertens 1 piecepack set, 1 icehouse stash (of different colour) per player, 4 six-sided dice per player and an opaque bag
MartianTreasureHunt Ken Leyhe piecepack, IceHouse
Matches James Kyle one standard piecepack
Mathrix ClarkRodeffer standard piecepack
Matrix Jeff Barrett single standard piecepack, several tokens
Mazegarden Ferdinand Hein, adapted by Roger Meertens two piecepack sets
MazeMakers JorgeArroyo single standard piecepack and pentominoes set (optional rules are included to play without it)
Men Overboard Paul Hastings (paul, at SPAMhastings, dot org, without the spam)
(with some suggestions by Larry Hastings)
Requires one original piecepack set, and one additional set (the suits are irrelevant)
MisMemory Antonio Recuenco Muñoz One standard Piecepack
MotoX James Kyle and PaulShope one standard piecepack
Multzo GlennOverby single standard piecepack
New City Rob LeGood coins for Gold
NineBall Traditional, adapted by Mark A. Biggar single standard piecepack
NineMensMorris Traditional / Dan Burkey and TrevorLDavis one standard piecepack
OneManThrag Jim Doherty single standard piecepack
Owlman JamesVipond, Andrew Perkis standard piecepack, with checkered tile backs and some way to track Doc's 49 moves
PackKub Mark A. Biggar a standard piecepack per player or a SixPack per two player's
PackSolitaire David Hassell 2 standard piecepacks, cup or bag
Palazzo Phillip Lerche single standard piecepack, paper and pencil, bag or cup
PaloLargo Antonio Recuenco Muñoz One standard Piecepack, one set of Piecepack Matchsticks
PassTheFood TrevorLDavis one standard piecepack
PawnsCrossing Michael Schoessow single piecepack, single set of double-six dominoes
PenguinGame JonathanDietrich Piecepack, cup or bag
PettyFiefs ClarkRodeffer two piecepack suits per player, one additional piecepack suit
PharaohsHeir Phillip Lerche 2 piecepacks (1 'pack for 2- or 3-player game), 2 different types of tokens (like pennies or matches), optional playmats and score sheet
PieceChisi Traditional / PaulGilmore Standard Piecepack, 16 pawns/markers (4 each of 4 colors)
PieceGaps Chris Brooks single standard piecepack
PiecepackAtWaterloo SethOwen one piecepack and four small coins
PiecepackConquersTheWorld GeorgeHarnish two piecepacks and colored stones (or tokens) for each player
PiecepackCooking JorgeArroyo (based on Zendo by Kory Heath) 1 piecepack set for every 4 students
PiecepackDodgem Traditional adapted by Michael Schoessow single standard piecepack
PiecepackFanTan Steve Beard standard piecepack, paper and pencil or score sheet, cup
PiecepackHyena Steve Beard standard piecepack
PiecePackingPirates ClarkRodeffer standard piecepack, opaque bag, play mat, optional reference sheet
PiecepackKlondike Traditional, adapted by EricWitt single standard piecepack
PiecepackLetterbox RonHaleEvans standard piecepack; 4 Seasons Expansion; plenty of blank index cards or slips of paper (all of the same size, shape, and color); enough pens or pencils for all players
Piecepackman Dan Burkey, Inspired by the video game Pac-Man, designed for Namco by Toru Iwatani. piecepack, PiecepackMatchsticks
PiecepackPlayset RonHaleEvans standard piecepack
PiecepackSeabattle ChristophHaeberling standard piecepack
PiecepackYahtzee Adapted by Roger Meertens two piecepacks or one piecepack and a standard (non-piecepack) dice, a pen and a scoresheet (included)
Pirates of Van Zandt AndyVanZandt, http://www.truekidgames.com one standard piecepack
Pisi Corné van Moorsel, adapted by Roger Meertens two different piecepack sets and some counters
PlansOfAction Edward Pulley single standard piecepack
PowerLines DavidBoyle one standard piecepack
Ppolf George Sappenfield, adapted for the piecepack by Mark A. Biggar one standard piecepack, score sheet from rules and optional items for use as obstacles
Proximity John Wetmiller single standard piecepack, paper and pencil, chess clock
Pub sCrawl JonathanDietrich standard piecepack, paper and pencil
Quatri Traditional adapted by Michael Schoessow single standard piecepack
Racepack Michael Schoessow and Stephen Schoessow 1 piecepack per 4 players
Reflec Adam B. Norberg piecepack
Relativity Marty Hale-Evans and RonHaleEvans standard piecepack
Remembory aka Piecepack Memory Traditional, adapted for the piecepack by Roger Meertens one piecepack coins and an opaque bag (optional)
Reversi Traditional adapted by MesomorphGames 2 or 3 piecepacks
RoyalRacers RobertKouba single piecepack and deck of cards
RummyRunners NathanMorse Hexpack or piecepack, MystiqueDeck
SailboatRegatta ClarkRodeffer standard piecepack
Sailing Port Flower Roger Meertens one piecepack and one FourSeasonsExpansion
SanAndreas James Kyle single standard piecepack
Sarcophagus Phillip Lerche 1 piecepack
Scavenge le Ken Leyhe Piecepack Expanded, Icehouse
ScavengerHunt Mark A. Biggar single standard piecepack
ScavengerHuntTwo BradLackey eight distinct piecepack suits
Senat Traditional / CraigBlumer one standard piecepack
Senat-Ur Ken Leyhe Piecepack Expanded
ShamanIsland RandyCox and JasonTrotten piecepack
SharkTank Richard Durham One standard piecepack
Sheep PeteJones , http://www.freewargamesrules.co.uk Piecepack and Playing Card Expansion
Ship It StephenSchoessow and MichaelSchoessow 1 standard piecepack and 1 set of standard 2”x1” double-6 dominoes
Shogi TrevorLDavis two piecepacks
ShoppingMall MichaelSchoessow and StephenSchoessow standard piecepack, pawn saucers, 3 nickels, 25 pennies, paper & pencil for each player
Shove piecepack Steve Beard from Traditional piecepack
SiegeByNumber Matt Worden single standard piecepack
SilverIsle James Kyle single standard piecepack, 24 stackable tokens
Sin Color Antonio Recuenco Muñoz One standard piecepack
Skyscrapers Michael Schoessow single standard piecepack, cup or bag
SlidesOfAction ClarkRodeffer standard piecepack
SnowmanMeltdown RonHaleEvans and Marty Hale-Evans piecepack, and either an Icehouse set, or two sets of PiecepackPyramids
Soccer James Kyle one standard piecepack
SoloSalvo Traditional adapted by EricWitt single standard piecepack, 1 coin suitable for flipping
Sonic Bio-Mutants in Space JonathanDietrich standard piecepack, a bag, paper and pencil
SorcerersChamber Tim Schutz single standard piecepack plus matching PiecepackPyramids
SpaceTraders JorgeArroyo single standard piecepack plus printable Turn Sheet and optional printable play aids.
Spam-O-Rama ClarkRodeffer 12 different piecepack suits, play aids from rules
SpeedyTowers Jessica Eccles at least 1 standard piecepack for every 2 players
StackedDeckWar EricWitt One standard piecepack and one PlayingCardsExpansion
StageFive ChazCampos 1 standard piecepack
StarshipAttack Jordan Schmick Standard Piecepack
Steppin' Stones Ken Maher one piecepack
TabletopBocce Traditional, adapted for the piecepack by Mark A. Biggar one standard piecepack
TabletopCroquet Traditional, adapted for the piecepack by Mark A. Biggar one standard piecepack
Tablut Traditional adapted by TrevorLDavis one standard piecepack
TAG Ken Leyhe Piecepack Expanded
Take Off, Eh ClarkRodeffer piecepack, FourSeasonsExpansion
Takeover James Kyle and ChrisYoung one standard piecepack
Tapas Antonio Recuenco Muñoz One standard Piecepack
Tariffs JonathanDietrich a single piecepack set, double 6 dominoes
Taxicab Mark A. Biggar one standard piecepack, bag or cup, 150 tokens, optional board
Telic Michael Schoessow single piecepack and piecepack pyramids
TempleOfGold JorgeArroyo standard piecepack, 4 seasons set, 10-20 coins, beads, or other markers in three colors (or pen and paper)
TenBlankWhitePieceagories JenniferLevenbook pen, paper, timer
The Magic Bag Rob LeGood single standard piecepack, cup or bag, playmat
TheColonistsOfNatick GaryPressler One standard piecepack
TheFallacyOfRank Keith Lacey, Will Schneerberger and Joshua Tempkin 3 piecepacks (2 players can get by with 2 piecepacks, using two suits each, but 3 is preferred.
TheInCrowd JebHavens and IanSchreiber one standard piecepack
TheMartianAssassinationGame Ken Leyhe single standard piecepack, 1 Icehouse stash per player
ThePiecePackPokerPartyParade EricWitt two standard piecepacks if more then 8 players, 1d6, paper and pencil
TheRoyalFeastAndTheCourtJester SeanAnthonyBrady standard piecepack, plus 4-6 additional piecepack tiles
TheWanderingMerchant JorgeArroyo 1 piecepack set, the 4 seasons expansion, pen and paper to track money, a cup or bag to draw coins randomly and some tokens (glass beads) for more than 3 player games
TileThirteen RonHaleEvans One piecepack per player, one extra piecepack, and pen and paper to keep score
Tingle Chris Goodwin 1 piecepack; one set of piecepack pyramids or other tokens per player
ToPieces ChrisSakkas single standard piecepack, objective cards, four colours of tokens (blue, yellow, red, black)
Tornado vs. Trailer Park Steve Beard piecepack
TowerOfBabel Traditional, adapted for the piecepack by Mark A. Biggar single standard piecepack
Tracers Marty Hale-Evans one standard piecepack, three colors of stones (or crayons/wipe-off markers)
TradeRoutes Andy Van Zandt One standard piecepack
Triactor JonathanDietrich, JulieTaylor, KenMacKeigan 8 unique piecepack suits, paper, pencils, optional playmat, optional cash or tokens, optional timer
TribesOfTheFourSeasons Phillip Lerche FourSeasonsExpansion
Trivial Piecepack JamesVipond one piecepack, one FourSeasonsExpansion, some printed questions in six color-coded categories
Tula James Kyle single standard piecepack
TulaVariants Tim Schutz one or two piecepacks and the rule sheet for Tula
TwelveMensMorris Traditional / Dan Burkey and TrevorLDavis one standard piecepack
Venice Søren Busch-Knudsen & Jesper Sommer 2 Piecepacks
VirusFight JorgeArroyo single standard piecepack (2 piecepacks for a 3-4 player game)
War Traditional adapted by MesomorphGames single standard piecepack
WelcomeToGem SeanAnthonyBrady standard piecepack; 60 glass beads, pennies, poker chips or other markers; four printed player boards (included)
which coin Tim Schutz one piecepack
WhirlpoolPond Tim Schutz single standard piecepack
WindFarms Phillip Lerche 1 piecepack, pen & paper for scoring
WormDerby Mark A. Biggar single standard piecepack
Wormholes Marty Hale-Evans and RonHaleEvans one piecepack
Xiangqi Traditional, adapted by TrevorLDavis one standard piecepack
Zeppelinopolis Dan Burkey Piecepack, PiecepackMatchsticks expansion
ZombieInMyPiecepack DanBeauchamp, based on a game by JeremiahLee; edited by RonHaleEvans one standard piecepack and a bit of imagination