2 Players

Shax

Board game cover art depicting a Civil War scene with soldiers on horseback carrying a Confederate flag, and troops constructing a wooden fence, titled "John Prados' The Campaigns of Robert E. Lee," with a 125th Anniversary mark, placed on a white surface.

The Campaigns of Robert E. Lee (1988)

Crazyhouse

Box cover of "To the Green Fields Beyond" historical simulation game depicting a damaged tank in a battlefield setting, with text detailing the Battle of Cambrai, 1917.

To the Green Fields Beyond: The Battle of Cambrai, 1917 (1978)

Counter Intelligence (1989)

A boxed board game titled "Cathedral," displaying a medieval themed graphic design and text that describes the game as a tactical game of strategy and skill in three languages (English, Spanish, and German).

Cathedral (1979)

Box cover of the "ELECTRONIC MALL MADNESS" board game featuring an illustrated shopping mall with players and a large headshot of a smiling girl, with text highlighting that the game talks and is for ages 9 and up, for 2 to 4 players.

Mall Madness (1988)

A worn book cover with the title "Dark Nebula" in red uppercase letters at the top, featuring a dark silhouette of a spaceship against a starry space background with a ghostly nebula, and the initials "GDW" in red at the bottom.

Dark Nebula (1980)

Box cover of the board game "Trajan" featuring an image of a Roman statue, with the name Stefan Feld at the top and award badges for "Game of the Year 2012" and "AMMONIT" at the bottom.

Trajan (1991)

Board game titled "Dragons of Kir" with illustrated dragons on the cover, displayed at an angle on a dark background.

Dragons of Kir (2005)

Rapier & Dagger (1978)

A worn board game box cover titled "Team Yankee First Battle," with a silhouetted tank graphic, indicating a World War III theme, based on the book Team Yankee by Harold Coyle, by Game Designers' Workshop.

Team Yankee (1987)

Cover of the board game "Asteroid Zero-Four," featuring a stylized outer space scene with an asteroid outfitted with domed structures, satellites, and a spaceship in the forefront, against a starry backdrop with the title in large red and yellow letters at the top. The bottom of the cover notes "Task Force Game #2."

Asteroid Zero-Four (1979)

Interstellar Wars (1982)

Ko Shogi (1700)

Amazons (1992)

Pat Gonu (2024)

Bird Cage (1951)

Close Action: Naval Warfare in the Age of Napoleon, 1793-1815 (1987)

Vintage board game cover titled "Greg Costikyan's Bug-Eyed Monsters" featuring illustrated alien creatures, a distressed woman, and a space background with text "They Want Our Women!" at the bottom.

Bug-Eyed Monsters (1983)

An image of a board game cover titled "4th Dimension" with a swirling blue and white marbled background and three-dimensional yellow text in the foreground. The cover also states it's for two players, ages 10 to adult, with a playing time of 30 minutes.

4th Dimension (1977)

Hot Spot (1979)

A laser-engraved image of a scorpion on a white background, framed with a brown border and housed in a light brown frame.

Catch the Hare (1283)

Alt text: Cover of the book "The Winter War: The Russo-Finnish War of 1939-40" by William R. Trotter, featuring a snowy forest with fallen trees.

Winter War: The Russo-Finnish Conflict (1972)

A board game named "Battles of Westeros: a Battlelore Game, Core Set" is placed on a wooden surface. The artwork on the box features medieval-style battle scenes with knights and soldiers in a fantasy landscape.

Battles of Westeros (2010)

A Chinese Checkers board game with star-shaped layout, wooden edges, and game pieces in the middle of play, red and black pieces scattered across the board.

Alquerque (1000)

Wooden tic-tac-toe game with X and O pieces in a grid, on a white background.

Tic-Tac-Toe (-1300)

Quod (1979)

Hostage Chess (1997)

Shatranj Diwana Shah (1800)

Fāngqí

Hexagonal Chess (1936)

Jungle

A photo of the board game "Gettysburg" by Avalon Hill, with text advertising it as a realistic Civil War battle tournament game for adults and children over 12 years of age.

Gettysburg (1958)

Board game box for "The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game" with a prominent character in front of Minas Tirith depicted, by Games Workshop, placed on a wooden surface.

Gondor: The Siege of Minas Tirith (1977)

Adugo

Adugo (2005)

Rimau

Hackenbush (1981)

Wythoff’s game (1907)

Plateau (1986)

Wildebeest Chess (1987)

Image of a board game cover titled "PANZERGRUPPE GUDERIAN" featuring an illustration of a military officer looking off into the distance with a stylized background of red stripes and arrows, and a military vehicle with crew members in the foreground. The artist's name R. MacGowan is displayed at the bottom.

Panzergruppe Guderian (1976)

A worn tabletop game booklet titled "Annihilator / OneWorld MicroGame 14" with a price of $2.95. The top half shows a space scene with a blue fighter jet and a part of a large spaceship against a starry sky. The bottom half of the booklet depicts a fantastical landscape with large blue crystals, a red obelisk, a katana sword on the ground, and a person in a long robe standing beside the sword.

Annihilator / OneWorld (1980)

The image shows the cover of a board game titled "Devil's Den," described as a Civil War game portraying Hood's assault at Gettysburg. The cover features an illustration of a chaotic battle scene with soldiers, cannons, and smoke. Text at the bottom credits game design to Leonard Milman and Dr. David Martin, graphic design to Larry Catalano, and is marked with "OPERATIONAL STUDIES GROUP."

Devil’s Den (1980)

Board game titled "OBJECTIVE: Atlanta - A Game of the Civil War Campaign for Atlanta" with artwork depicting Civil War soldiers and cavalry in battle on the cover.

Objective: Atlanta – A Game of the Civil War Campaign for Atlanta (1977)

Board game cover depicting a giant green monster rampaging through a city with frightened people in the foreground, titled "The Creature That Ate Sheboygan," placed on a wooden surface.

The Creature That Ate Sheboygan (1979)

An illustration of a science fiction space battle, featuring spaceships with laser beams in combat, explosions, and a large planet in the background, accompanied by the title text "The Ythri" on the left side of the image.

The Ythri (1975)

Age of Napoleon

Age of Napoleon (2003)

The image shows a Connect Four board game box with a visible playing grid standing upright, scattered red and black game pieces in front, and instructions on the side of the box.

Connect Four (1974)

A vintage "JOTTO secret word game" box with worn green cover, gold lettering, and the SCRABBLE brand logo, manufactured by Selchow & Righter Co., displayed against a wooden backdrop.

Jotto (1956)

Sugoroku (550)

A tabletop game titled "WAR OF THE SKY CITIES" by Bob McLeod, displayed on a flat surface with bubble wrap to its left. The cover features monochrome artwork of a futuristic battle with robots and spaceships. The game is produced by Fantasy Games Unlimited Inc.

War of the Sky Cities (1979)

Vintage "Test Match" cricket board game cover featuring a red cricket ball and an illustration of a batsman in whites playing a shot, with text labeling it as a fascinating cricket game produced in Australia by John Sands Pty. Ltd.

Test Match (1977)

Box cover of "Guess Who?" board game by Hasbro Gaming, featuring cartoon character portraits with names like Emily, James, Connor, and Kyle, and a tagline stating "THE ORIGINAL GUESSING GAME." The game is for ages 6+ and requires adult assembly.

Guess Who? (1979)

Board game cover for "Wilderness: a game of survival" featuring an illustration of a person standing on a cliff looking out over a river winding through a lush, green valley with mountains in the background, under a sunset sky. The cover also displays game details including the creators' names, Thomas & Daniel Fryxelius, game duration of 1 hour, player range of 2-8, and recommended for ages 10 and up. The publisher's logo, FryxGames, is in the bottom left corner.

The Wilderness Campaign: Lee vs. Grant, 1864 (1972)

Turkish Checkers (1400)

A box for the game "Raplands" featuring a stylized silhouette of a character with a mohawk and goggles on the side.

Radlands (2021)

A wooden Mancala board with open hinges and stone playing pieces distributed in the pits.

Oware (550)

Sz’Kwa

Robert at Bannockburn: The Battle of Bannockburn, 1314 (1979)

Tamerlane Chess (1370)

Box of "Strat-O-Matic Pro Basketball" board game featuring images of basketball players in action, game title in bold yellow letters, and descriptive text about gameplay.

Strat-O-Matic Pro Basketball (1973)

Operation ‘GREIF’ (1970)

Comic book cover of "Chitin: I The Harvest Wars" priced at $2.95, featuring a stylized illustration of a skeletal insectoid creature over an abstract, colorful background, artwork by Jaquays.

Chitin: I (1977)

An old board game labeled "Scrabble brand RSVP three dimensional crossword game" alongside a photo of a man and a woman playing the game, with the box showing a price tag of $6.33.

RSVP: Vertical Crossword Game (1958)

Image of a DAO strategy board game box describing the game as a "Classic Game of Balance and Strategy," suitable for ages 8 to 108 with a Mensa Award badge. The box illustrates three ways to win and one way to lose, contents of the game including a travel tube, play mat, gem stones, and rule book, and a background image of the game components set up for play.

Dao (1999)

Boxed board game "Warhammer 40,000: Horus Heresy" displaying artwork of armored figures and futuristic battlefield imagery, with text indicating it is designed by Jeff Tidball with John Goodenough for 2 players.

Horus Heresy (1993) (1993)

Vintage "Johnny Ringo Game" board game box featuring a monochrome image of a cowboy with a hat and a vest, and colorful illustrations of a Western landscape with a stagecoach and horses. The text indicates it's an "Exciting Western Game" for "2 to 6 players" and references the character Johnny Ringo as portrayed by Don Durant on CBS television.

Ringo (1915)

Death & Destruction: The Iran-Iraq War (1998)

A wooden block tower game next to its packaging box labeled "Tumbling Tower" with text that reads "Build It Up! Don't Knock It Down!" and includes 54 wooden pieces.

Janus Chess (1978)

Oil War: American Intervention in the Persian Gulf (1975)

A board game called "Swords & Sorcery" on a wooden surface, featuring cover art with fantasy characters and marked with game design credits.

Swords & Sorcery (2001)

Knock Down Barns (2008)

Bagh Chal (1000)

Wali

Box cover for the "Tri-Trac" board game by Milton Bradley, showing a hand playing with triangular pieces on a track, with text indicating it is for ages 7 to adult and is a two-player strategy game.

Tric Trac (1500)

Box of the "Reversi" board game for two players aged 8 to adult, featuring an image of the game in progress with reversible disks on the front cover.

Othello (1883)

A photo of the board game "Don Manstein: Battles for the Ukraine 1941-1944," published by Rand Game Associates in 1975, with images of tanks, soldiers, dice, and game pieces.

Von Manstein: Battles for the Ukraine 1941-1944 (1975)

Hnefatafl (400)

Alt text: Cover of "LE GRAND EMPIRE" by SIMULATIONS CANADA featuring an illustration of Napoleonic era soldiers, including one on horseback, engaging in battle.

Le Grand Empire (1978)

An image of the board game "BOKU" packaging with the text "ONLY 2 RULES...SO MANY WAYS TO WIN!" and "FOR 2 PLAYERS OR 2 TEAMS AGED 6 UPWARDS" displayed around a central image of a board with colorful pegs inserted into holes.

Bollox (1999)

A "Dungeon Twister" board game box on a white surface with artwork showing a knight battling monsters in a steampunk-like dungeon setting. The box has a plastic wrap and is labeled with a price sticker indicating "1/29" and "68."

Dungeon Twister (2004)

Nine Holes (1976)

Veracruz: U.S. Invasion of Mexico 1847 (1977)

Ace of Aces: Wingleader (1988)

Ace of Aces: Wingleader (1988)

Space Shogi (1987)

Book cover of "Panzer Armee Afrika" featuring an illustrated profile portrait of a military officer with a tank in the background, with text indicating the game's time frame from April 1941 to November 1942 and the subtitle "Rommel in the Desert."

PanzerArmee Afrika: Rommel in the Desert, April 1941 – November 1942 (1973)

Freedom in the Galaxy: The Star Rebellions, 5764 AD (1979)

Canadian Checkers

Starleader: Assault! – A Futuristic Man-To-Man Combat Game (1982)

The image displays the "Score Four" board game box by Lakeside, highlighting the 3D strategy gameplay with black and beige beads on vertical posts, and a person's hand placing a bead on the game board.

Four Score (2022)

Three Men’s Morris (-1400)

Sirius (1976)

The image shows a vintage "The Generals Electronic Strategy Game" board game box with a 3D chessboard illustration, various military rank pieces, and an "Electronic Brain" emblem on the front.

The Generals (1980)

A "Leap Frog" board game box with colorful graphics of frogs on lily pads and reeds in the background. Text on the box asks, "Whose frogs will be first to cross the pond?" and notes the game is for ages 6 to 10 years. The game's manufacturer logo is visible on the lower right.

Leap Frog

A monochrome image of a cover titled "COLONY DELTA, EARTH VS. SIGMA DRACONIS, A COLONY WORLD IN THE BALANCE" with a sketch of sci-fi space battle scenes, credits for design and graphics by Adam L. Gruen and Jeff Dee, and the publisher mentioned as Fantasy Games Unlimited, Inc.

Colony Delta: Earth vs. Sigma Draconis – A Colony World in the Balance (1979)

Courier Chess (1202)

Alt text: The image shows the box cover of "Battle Cry: 150th Civil War Anniversary Edition," a strategy board game by Richard Borg for 2 players aged 12+. The cover art features a dynamic Civil War battle scene with soldiers in blue uniforms, some on horseback, carrying the American flag, and a backdrop of a battlefield with flags and smoke.

Battle Cry (1999)

Streets of Stalingrad (1979)

A book cover titled "TOMORROW THE WORLD" with imagery of a military figure in front, flames, and the Statue of Liberty surrounded by clouds in the background, overlaid on a map with a rising sun motif and the words "The Ultimate Nightmare" beneath the title.

Tomorrow the World (1989)