Outdoor intellectual activities
375 activities found
Tokaido
Travel the ancient Tokaido road from Kyoto to Edo, stopping at inns, hot springs, temples, and panoramas to collect encounters and score the most diverse and fulfilling journey.
Trivial Pursuit
Answer trivia questions across six categories — geography, entertainment, history, art, science, and sport — to collect coloured wedges and race to the centre of the wheel to win.
Twilight Imperium
The ultimate epic space opera board game — negotiate, wage war, and legislate among civilisations competing for galactic domination across a massive modular board in sessions that routinely last eight hours or more.
Small World
Command fantasy races — from Amazons to Zombies — paired with random special powers, conquering territories to score coins, then abandoning them when they decline to pick fresh conquering races.
Spirit Island
Play as powerful spirits of the land cooperating to drive colonial invaders off your island — each spirit has unique powers that combo differently, and the escalating Blight mechanic punishes slow play.
Splendor
Collect gem tokens to buy development cards that provide permanent gems — building an engine to afford ever-more valuable cards and nobles until you're the first to reach fifteen prestige points.
Stone Age
Lead a tribe of prehistoric humans — send workers to hunt, gather resources, build huts, and discover farming and civilization advances in this accessible worker-placement game for all ages.
Scythe
Lead an asymmetric faction in a dieselpunk 1920s Europe — produce resources, recruit mechs, battle rivals, and complete objectives to unlock end-game scoring in this acclaimed engine-building wargame.
Sequence
Play cards from your hand to place chips on matching spaces on a board, building five-in-a-row sequences while blocking opponents — a clever blend of cards and board strategy for two to twelve players.
