Intellectual activities
371 activities found
Betrayal at House on the Hill
Explore a haunted mansion room by room until the Haunt begins — then one player secretly becomes the traitor, and the other players must survive or defeat them using one of 50 different haunting scenarios.
Blokus
Place coloured geometric pieces on a grid so that each new piece touches only the corner of a same-colour piece — expand your territory, cut off rivals, and score by the fewest leftover pieces.
Boggle
Shake a grid of lettered dice and race the clock to spot as many words as possible by linking adjacent letters — longer words score more points in this fast and frenzied word game.
Brass: Birmingham
Build industries and trade networks in the English Midlands during the Canal and Railway eras — connect cities to sell coal, iron, and manufactured goods in this deep economic network-building masterpiece.
Acquire
Found and merge hotel chains on a grid — buy shares before chains grow large, trigger mergers to cash out, and hold the most valuable shares when the board fills in this elegant economic classic.
Agricola
Farm a small plot of land, feed your family every harvest, and expand your homestead with fields, stables, and rooms — a tense worker-placement game where every resource and action counts.
Arkham Horror
Cooperatively investigate the Lovecraftian city of Arkham, sealing interdimensional gates before an Ancient One awakens — manage investigators' sanity and health as monsters and doom escalate across multiple boards.
Azul
Draft colourful tiles from a central pool to decorate your palace wall — complete rows and columns for points while managing leftover tiles, which cost you penalty points at round's end.
Art Gallery Visit
Wander together through a contemporary or classical art gallery, pausing in front of works that move you and sharing your personal interpretations, reactions, and stories sparked by each piece.
This activity is intended for adults. Please confirm that you are 18 years of age or older to see such activities.
Bitters Making
Steep botanicals, citrus peel, barks, and spices in high-proof alcohol to craft aromatic cocktail bitters, then bottle and label them so every drink you mix at home carries a personal signature ingredient.