Board games

My husband and I have a small collection of (mostly 2-player) board games.

The one downside of living in Japan is this means most of the games are the Japanese edition. Trying to read the rulebook in Japanese uses too much of my brain, so I usually resort to an English version PDF online.

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  Catan

  Updated 2 Jan

  A classic. In Catan each resource hexagon is assigned a number. You start the game by building towns that sits at the intersection of the hexagons. When a dice roll lands on that number, you get the resource from that hexagon (wood, brick, wheat, and others).
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  Viticulture

  Updated 2 Jan

  In Viticulture, you plant grapes, harvest them, turn them into wine, and then sell them. Selling wines give you points, and you'll need a certain number of points to win the game. It's a lot of fun!
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  Splendor Duel

  Updated 11 Feb 2025

  A recent obsession of ours has been Splendor Duel, which is a 2-player version of the original Splendor. It's a lot of fun, and I really recommend it! Although in saying that, that may be because I am on a recent winning streak against my partner. Oddly, our wins aren't very evenly distributed.