United States

Twilight Struggle

Grade(s): 
High
Time to Play: 
120
Min. Players: 
2
Max. Players: 
2
Return: 
High
Rules: 
Twilight Struggle Rules

In 1945, unlikely allies toppled Hitler's war machine, while humanity's most devastating weapons forced the Japanese Empire to its knees in a storm of fire. Where once there stood many great powers, there now stood only two - the United State and the Soviet Union.

The world had scant months to collectively sigh in relief before a new conflict threatened. Unlike the titanic struggles of the preceding decades, this conflict would be waged not primarily by soldiers and tanks, but by spies and politicians, scientists and intellectuals, artists and traitors.

Cold War | Soviet Union | Two Player | U.S. History | United States

Ticket to Ride

Grade(s): 
Middle/High
Time to Play: 
45
Min. Players: 
2
Max. Players: 
5
Return: 
Medium
Rules: 
Ticket to Ride Rules

All aboard! Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure. Players collect cards of various types of train cards that enable them to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn.

Additional points come to those who can fulfill their Destination Tickets by connecting two distant cities, and to the player who builds the longest continuous railway. So climb aboard for some railroading fun and adventure.

You've got a Ticket to Ride!

Geography | Spiel des Jahres | Train Game | United States

10 Days in the USA

Grade(s): 
Middle
Time to Play: 
30
Min. Players: 
2
Max. Players: 
4
Return: 
High
Rules: 
10 Days in the USA Rules

You have 10 Days in the USA touring by plane, car and on foot. Chart you course from start to finish using destination and transportation tiles. With a little luck and clever planning, you just might outmaneuver your fellow travelers.

The first traveler to make connections for a ten day journey wins the game!

Geography | Mensa Select | United States

1960: The Making of the President

Grade(s): 
High
Time to Play: 
120
Min. Players: 
2
Max. Players: 
2
Return: 
High
Rules: 
1960 Rules

All elections are turning points, but the presidential election of 1960 holds a special place in American history. The 1950s had been a period of unparalleled economic growth and US global power. Richard Nixon served as President Eisenhower's Vice President through most of the period. Nixon's humble origins gave him a common touch that appealed to the small town, idyllic America encompassed by the spirit of the 1950s. John F. Kennedy, was Nixon's mirror image: charming, Harvard educated and the scion of an American political dynasty.

1960 | John F. Kennedy | Politics | Richard Nixon | U.S. History | United States
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