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Wall Scrabble

Wall Scrabble
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Restoration Hardware’s oversized magnetic Scrabble set isn’t the largest one we’ve seen, but it’s way more affordable and easier to play on. The set is based on the game’s original 1949 edition and comes with a chalkboard for keeping score.

World’s Smallest Chess Set

World’s Smallest Chess Set
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We have enough trouble losing pieces from out normal-sized chess sets, but you have to appreciate the craftsmanship in jeweler Sal Knight’s handcarved gold and silver chess set which is just a bit larger than a quarter.

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Mate Wall Chess Set

Mate Wall Chess Set

Mate puts a complete chess set on your wall, and doubles as a playable work of art. The square pieces hold neatly in their wood cubbies, and can be ordered in a variety of colors. Measures 23.5(h) x 18.5″(w) x 2.25″(d).

Giant Aluminum Chess Set

Giant Aluminum Chess Set
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Restoration Hardware’s beautiful aluminum chess set features oversize pieces which measure from 5- to 8-inches tall. The folding, inlaid wooden board measures a substantial 29-1/2″ square when opened. Hulk hands not included.

Aggravation-Opoly

Aggravation-Opoly
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Combining two classic board games in one, we love the circular Monopoly board that wraps around the Aggravation board in the middle of Marbelous Games’ handmade game set. Bonus points for playing both games at once.

Cards Against the Realm

Cards Against the Realm

(NSFW: Language, SPOILERS) The Inn at the Crossroads made this free expansion for Cards Against Humanity. It’s filled with references to Game of Thrones, from Podrick’s unique skills to the origin of Littlefinger’s name.

Catacombs

Catacombs

A unique co-op fantasy board game in which players must flick their wooden hero discs across the playing field to battle monsters and earn treasure. If Dungeons & Dragons and curling had a baby, this would be it.

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Bullet Chess Sets

Bullet Chess Sets
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Olde World Collectibles & Creations makes chess sets using the from dummy rounds and spent shell casings. Some of the sets even come in an ammo box carrying case. The miniature sets are easiest on the wallet.

Tool Chess Set

Tool Chess Set
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Handmade from nuts, bolts, pieces of steel and other hardware, this chess set is perfect for carpenters, mechanics and anyone else who uses tools. Comes in a metal tool chest along with a roll-up vinyl playing surface.

Collusion

Collusion

An intriguing board game and mobile game hybrid where you play spies. Obtain your mission by scanning cards on a mobile app. Then send secret messages to other players, trade cards and lie and cheat your way to victory.

We Didn’t Playtest This At All

We Didn’t Playtest This At All

Quite possibly the world’s third most random game (next to Calvinball and Xíng háishì bùxíng of course). Asmadi Games’ We Didn’t Playtest This At All is a card game where the cards enforce absurd win conditions.

Superfight!

Superfight!

Superfight! is a hero-making card game in the vein of Cards Against Humanity. Players form unique superheroes from a random pool of characters and traits. The latter may be kick-ass powers or pathetic weaknesses.

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The Walking Dead Monopoly

The Walking Dead Monopoly
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A version of the classic board game in which your goal is to fortify properties to protect yourself from the horde – given the fact that there is no real estate market during the zombie apocalypse. Go directly to jail. It’s your home afterall.

Zombie Cribbage

Zombie Cribbage

Who says Cribbage is meant for little old ladies sipping from tea cups on lace doilies? This update to the 17th Century game brings out the undead in place of the standard cribbage pins, and the face cards want to eat your brains.

Paper Chess Set

Paper Chess Set
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A flat-pack chess set that’s easily assembled from sheets of thick, pre-cut cardboard. We love the look of the pieces, though you wouldn’t want to play it in the rain. It’s also not all that portable once it’s assembled.

Crabs Adjust Humidity

Crabs Adjust Humidity
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(NSFW: Language) Are you no longer disgusted by your Cards Against Humanity deck? Check out Crabs Adjust Humidity, an unofficial expansion of the world’s most offensive party game. It’s the Mega Bloks of card games.

Pirate Gold Poker Chips

Pirate Gold Poker Chips

Arrrrgh! Real pirates don’t play poker with cheap plastic poker chips. Manly men play with pirate gold. These antiqued metal coins from onepointsix look like pirate’s booty, and come with colorful fake gems to complete the look.

GoT Board Game 2nd Ed.

GoT Board Game 2nd Ed.

If you’re a fan of the series or of board games, you owe it to yourself to play this awesome game. We mean it. Play as one of the six Houses in Westeros and vie for control in a supercharged version of Risk. More info here.

The Walking Dead Board Game

The Walking Dead Board Game
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While not every character in The Walking Dead board game has survived the horde, it’s still a fun game to play with your fellow zombie fanatics for an hour or so before or after an episode.

Capture Chess Set

Capture Chess Set

A brilliant concept chess set where a captured piece is kept underneath its captor to help players retrace their game. Made by Orr Kislev, an Industrial Design student at Holon Institute of Technology.

Laser-Cut Chess Set

Laser-Cut Chess Set
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Nonessentials’ wooden chess set comes flat-packed. Just pop the pieces out of the laser-scored wood, slide the pieces together, and play. Available in neutral and 4 smooth colors too.

Wobble Chess Set

Wobble Chess Set
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Designer Adin Mumma’s gorgeous chess set is crafted from walnut and metal, the pieces and board have curved components so they wobble like Weebles after you move them.

Extreme Amazing Super-Chess

Extreme Amazing Super-Chess

(NSFW: Language) BBC Comedy pokes fun at the coma-inducing gameplay of competitive chess with a newly-revamped version designed just for today’s short attention spans.

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