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warhammer 40k

Hard · 15×15 · 25 words
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  1. 1. A thermal weapon that turns heavy battle tanks into very expensive, glowing puddles
  2. 3. A common fantasy action, or what one must do to their gray plastic piles of shame
  3. 5. Shiny gold bodyguards who spent ten thousand years doing home defense in the imperial palace
  4. 8. A fortress world that broke before the Imperial Guard stationed on it did
  5. 10. Prefix for a new initiate, or a super-soldier recruit before they earn their black carapace
  6. 12. A digital blueprint archive that the tech-priesthood would trade a whole solar system to find
  7. 14. An armored walking tomb where retirement plan means getting wired into a heavy assault machine
  8. 17. An ancient prefix for a highly psychic, dying race of space elves
  9. 18. A buzzing insect home, or a towering multi-billion citizen vertical metropolis
  10. 21. A very angry deity who is highly particular about his interior decorating, specifically his seat and floor
  11. 23. Latin root for a brother, often seen in the rabble-rousing militias of the Imperial Creed
  12. 24. An insincere talk, or the binary language of holy static spoken by tech-priests

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  1. 2. Greek letter representing a blue-skinned coalition striving for a collective benefit
  2. 4. A standard-issue flashlight that is highly effective when fired in groups of several million
  3. 5. A mythological beast, or the reliable armored taxi that drives the Imperial Guard into battle
  4. 6. A multi-limbed purloiner of DNA that sets up highly illegal family reunions on unsuspecting worlds
  5. 7. A temple or shrine, specifically one where the Adeptus Mechanicus worships the Machine God
  6. 9. A floating alien brain that channels the psychic warp like a biological artillery piece
  7. 11. A noisy, rotating gardening tool adapted for close-quarters diplomatic negotiations
  8. 13. A common cold-water fish, or the holy rulebook of military organization penned by a Primarch
  9. 15. Diminutive green servants who are excellent at detecting minefields by walking through them
  10. 16. Mind over matter, until their heads explode from a bad case of warp-demon possession
  11. 19. Fasten your seatbelt, or quickly consume a devastating kinetic round
  12. 20. An organ of sight, or a massive cosmic tear in reality where terror resides
  13. 22. An aristocratic title in high society, or a massive, brutal green boss who leads by punching

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vintage cube draft

Easy · 7×7 · 6 words
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  1. 2. The act of choosing a single card from the available options
  2. 4. The advantage gained by getting more out of a card than the opponent
  3. 5. A set of cards provided for players to select from during a draft

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  1. 1. The distribution of card costs within a deck
  2. 2. The total set of cards a player has drafted
  3. 3. The final collection of cards used to play the game

vintage cube draft

Easy · 7×7 · 7 words
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  1. 4. The energy used to cast spells
  2. 5. The full collection of cards in play
  3. 7. When two cards are better together than apart

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  1. 1. A basic card type that provides mana
  2. 2. A set of cards used for a game
  3. 3. Getting more out of a card than its cost
  4. 6. A curated collection of cards for drafting

board games

Easy · 7×7 · 7 words
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  1. 1. Rectangular paper items with numbers or images used in many games
  2. 2. The process of arranging pieces before starting a game
  3. 5. Small cubes with numbered sides used to determine movement

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  1. 1. A two-player strategy game played on a checkered grid
  2. 3. A flat square piece used in games like Scrabble
  3. 4. The smallest and most numerous piece on a chessboard

Trivial Pursuit

Easy · 5×5 · 4 words
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  1. 3. The color wedge representing Arts and Literature
  2. 4. The color wedge representing Geography

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  1. 1. To successfully finish the game first
  2. 2. The action of throwing dice to move

Classic Board Games

Medium · 11×11 · 15 words
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  1. 2. Action that precedes moving your top hat or thimble.
  2. 4. A slippery slide that sends your piece backwards.
  3. 6. Cubes that dictate your fate in backgammon.
  4. 9. Where Q and Z are your most valuable assets.
  5. 13. Face-deduction classic with flipping tiles.
  6. 14. Reversi-like challenge that takes a minute to learn, a lifetime to master.

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  1. 1. Red or white marker used to track nautical hits.
  2. 3. Milton Bradley classic featuring a spinning wheel and plastic cars.
  3. 4. Deep strategy game with knights and bishops.
  4. 5. Card game where you must shout when you are almost out.
  5. 7. Drafts variant where pieces might get kinged.
  6. 8. Ancient pastime of sowing stones into pits.
  7. 10. Shout heard when a line of five numbers is completed.
  8. 11. Party game where certain obvious words are forbidden.
  9. 12. Strategic challenge of global domination with plastic armies.

Chess Openings

Easy · 7×7 · 7 words
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  1. 3. An opening starting with bishop to c4, named after a European country
  2. 4. An Indian defense starting with bishop to b4 check, named after Efim
  3. 6. A hypermodern opening starting with knight to f3, named after Richard

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  1. 1. The royal piece whose pawn moves forward in most open games
  2. 2. A popular defense against the Queens Gambit using the c-pawn
  3. 4. An opening starting with f4, named after an English master
  4. 5. A game style that starts with both players moving their king pawns

Board Games

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  1. 1. Tiles marked with dots, often lined up to be knocked over
  2. 6. A player's opportunity to act
  3. 7. Glass device used to pressure players in Boggle or Taboo
  4. 8. Mystery game featuring Professor Plum and Miss Scarlett
  5. 9. Classic real estate game known for ruining friendships
  6. 10. Game where pieces are crowned when reaching the far side

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  1. 1. Cubical randomizers with pips
  2. 2. Dexterity game where a buzzing nose penalizes a shaky hand
  3. 3. The most numerous piece on a chessboard
  4. 4. The booklet you consult when a dispute arises
  5. 5. Cooperative game where players race to cure four diseases
  6. 8. Chance or Community Chest item

Board Games

Medium · 11×11 · 12 words
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  1. 1. The classic mystery game of deduction and murder
  2. 2. An ancient game played on an eight-by-eight grid of dark and light squares
  3. 4. The physical surface on which tabletop games are played
  4. 8. The original name of the island developers in Catan
  5. 9. Square pieces laid down to build the landscape in Carcassonne
  6. 10. A rectangular paper component drawn in Ticket to Ride
  7. 11. The iconic wooden figure representing a player in Carcassonne

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  1. 1. A style of play where all players win or lose together
  2. 3. A gravity-based device used to limit a player's thinking window
  3. 5. Wood, sheep, or wheat in the world of Catan
  4. 6. The official handbook of instructions that players must follow
  5. 7. Small wooden blocks often used to track resources in Eurogames

chess

Hard · 15×15 · 25 words
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  1. 2. An attack from the sides rather than the center
  2. 4. The surname of the man who measured skill
  3. 5. A castle that travels in straight lines
  4. 6. A horizontal line on the board of command
  5. 7. A warning that the leader is under fire
  6. 9. The only soldier that cannot retreat
  7. 11. A risky opening sacrifice for a lead in development
  8. 12. A tactical fastener that stops a piece from moving
  9. 16. Developing a bishop through the second rank of a knight
  10. 17. The final word in any conversation
  11. 19. The fourth dimension of the match
  12. 20. A catastrophic mistake that loses the game
  13. 21. A complete collection of thirty-two pieces

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  1. 1. A single action of a piece
  2. 2. A kitchen utensil that attacks two at once
  3. 3. A tempting gift with a hidden cost
  4. 7. A royal hiding maneuver involving two pieces
  5. 8. A sequence of forcing moves often involving a sacrifice
  6. 10. The ultimate goal of the white or black army
  7. 11. The highest title a player can earn
  8. 12. The reward for a pawn reaching the final rank
  9. 13. A god of time often found on the digital clock
  10. 14. A deadlock where no legal moves remain for the side to act
  11. 15. A reverse pin where the leader is in front
  12. 18. A curated position with a single winning solution
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