Draft brilliantly coloured tiles from the factory to decorate the walls of your Portuguese palace. Simple rules, punishing strategy. The kind of game where everyone is convinced they were robbed at the end.
Codenames
Staff Pick
Party
20 min
Two rival spymasters give one-word clues to help their team guess the right code names. Fast, loud, and responsible for more arguments at our tables than any other box on the shelf. Best with exactly five or six players and a round of Arctic berry soda.
Pandemic
Cooperative
60 min
As disease-fighting specialists, you must keep four deadly diseases at bay while discovering their cures. A perfect introduction to cooperative play. The table either wins together or loses together.
Spirit Island
Staff Pick
Cooperative
120 min
Work together as powerful spirits to defend your island home from colonizing invaders. One of the most rewarding cooperative games in the library — every power feels different, every game tells a new story.
Splendor
Engine-building
30 min
As a Renaissance merchant, acquire mines, transportation, and artisans to build a gem-trading empire. Quick to learn, hard to master. Excellent for a second game after the hot chocolate arrives.
Ticket to Ride
Family
60 min
Collect cards of various types of train cars and use them to claim railway routes connecting cities across a map of Europe. Deceptively simple, surprisingly cutthroat. Good for groups with mixed experience levels.
Twilight Imperium
Strategy
480 min
A civilisation-building epic of political intrigue, warfare, and galactic domination. Only place in Reykjavik where you can play a twelve-hour space opera and the staff will check in on your galactic borders instead of asking you to wrap up.
Wingspan
Staff Pick
Strategy
60 min
Build the most impressive aviary by attracting birds to your wildlife preserves. Engine-building with gorgeous illustrated cards. One of our most-requested titles since day one, and the only game that makes birdwatching feel competitive.