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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

 


 

A dexterity, disc-flicking game that will have you taking on the role of lawman or outlaw as you flick your way around a wild west town in a tense shootout.

A thematic party game that is as much about not saying the wrong words as it is about guessing the right ones!

Each team selects words that cannot be used by the opposing team while they give clues about their secret word. The catch is that they have no idea what words were selected, so they must tread carefully to avoid the traps!

Winner of the 2008 Mensa Select award, Tiki Topple is a game of hidden information, hand management, and board manipulation. Each turn, manipulate the tikis on the board as you try to maneuver your tikis to top position.

A deck-building racing game in which players are competing to be the first to reach the legendary city of El Dorado. Play cards to cross the map and buy cards to help decide which path to take. Will you go by land or by sea? But watch out! Your opponents might block your way.

Each player is an archaeologist with one of four uniquely themed dig sites. Every round you will each place a tile onto your board, trying to enclose scarabs in order to score points.

Koi is a peaceful game of swimming fish and changing weather. Will you catch the dragonflies?

A gorgeous game in which each move can create a ripple effect that can change the race of the entire board.

Pilot your ship and travel between planets, picking up and selling junk in a bright, colorful game about planning your movies carefully as you visit Mars, Earth, and the Moon!

Bluffing, deduction, and push-your-luck all come together to present a light, tense game, that’s all about trying to push your opponents a step too far — while never going overboard yourself.

Building flowers one petal at a time, players compete for control of the garden and the flowers themselves in a game that is beautiful, strategic, and relaxing.

Collect marbles to create magical potions, each with a special ability you can use once to help you during the game. Marbles are selected from a dispenser. If matching marbles collide after one has been removed, a potion explosion occurs!

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