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Carlson Library of Things

This guide lists all of the items available in the Carlson Library of Things.

Board Games

Bananagrams (Oceanic Bananagrams)

Bananagrams® Word Game

Number of Players: 1-8
Play Time: 15 minutes

Bananagrams is a fast paced spelling party game where players try to create their own crossword using lettered and wild card tiles. With a variety of ways to play listed in the instructions this is a game that is quick to pick up and play and suitable for any number of social situation.

Game Includes:

  • Banana shaped game bag
  • 8 Oceanic Tiles
  • 144 Letter Tiles
  • Rules book

Candyland

Candy Land Kingdom of Sweet Adventures Board Game for Kids Ages 3 and Up

 

Number of Players: 2-4
Play Time: 30 minutes

Candyland is a race between 4 players to reach the King Kandy’s Castle to join the celebration. Players will take turns drawing cards and moving along the colored path in this simple game perfect for children who’re just learning to play games.

Game Includes:

  • Game board
  • 4 plastic player pieces (red, yellow, green, blue)
  • 1 deck of movement cards
  • Cardboard story insert
  • Game box
  • Rules book

Chameleon

Big Potato Games The Chameleon

 

Number of Players: 3-8
Play Time: 15 minutes

Chameleon is a social deduction party game where a group of players try to determine who among them is the chameleon, the odd person out who isn’t given access to the secret word the rest of the group are given. Each game is played in a single round where players give a clue as to what the word could be culminating in a group vote where everyone tries to guess who the Chameleon is. The Chameleon wins if he goes undetected OR can guess the secret word. The players win if they can correctly guess the Chameleon’s identity and protect the secret word from being guessed.

Game Includes:

  • Player Deck (Including 2 Chameleon Cards and 14 Player Cards)
  • Topic Card Deck (Included 23 double sided topic cards)
  • One (1) 6-sided die
  • One (1) 8-sided die
  • Board game box
  • Rules book

Clue: Discover the Secrets

Cluedo: Discover the Secrets - Wikipedia

Number of Players: 3-6
Play Time: 60 minutes

Played as the original Clue but with an added twist. Players race around the game board starting rumors and gaining clues to try and solve the mystery of the benefactor of the party. Only this time new intrigue cards are added as an additional option. Each time the an intrigue card is drawn it could be a clock card, and as the 8th clock card is revealed someone is out of the game.

Game Includes:

  • Game board
  • 1 Clue check book
  • 1 Confidential envelope
  • 1 deck of 24 Intrigue cards
  • 1 deck of 24 Rumor cards
  • 6 player cards
  • 2 six-sided dice (one has the #1 replaced with a ?)
  • 6 colored game pieces
  • 9 weapons tokens
  • Game box
  • Rules book

Codenames

Codenames

Number of Players: 2-8+ 
Play Time: 15 minutes

Codenames is a party game where 2 teams try to determine who is an ally among the clue cards on a grid, while trying to avoid helping their opponents and most importantly avoiding the assassin. Each team nominates a spymaster to give single word clues to help them make their guesses. First team to find all their members is the victor, but careful, finding the assassin means you lose.

Game Includes:

  • Deck of 202 word cards (200 double-sided cards, 2 blank single-sided cards)
  • Deck 40 key cards
  • Plastic stand for key cards
  • 8 red agents cardboard tokens
  • 8 blue agents cardboard tokens
  • 7 bystander cardboard tokens
  • 1 assassin cardboard token
  • 1 double agent first player cardboard token
  • 5 4x9" plastic bags to hold cards & tokens
  • Sand timer
  • Game box
  • Rules book

Forbidden Desert

Forbidden Desert | Gamewright

Number of Players: 2-5
Play Time: 45 minutes

In this sequel to Forbidden Island, players work cooperatively to find pieces to a mysterious ship while being trapped in and blisteringly hot and windy desert. Each turn the wind blows sending sand and tiles moving, burying and mixing tiles around. Players must work together to keep the sand from burying everything, keep ruins uncovered, and assemble the pieces of the ship before they’ll be forever lost.

Game Includes:

  • Difficult timer board
  • Difficulty board stand
  • 24 exploration tiles
  • 49 sand tiles
  • 12 equipment cards
  • 31 storm cards
  • 7 board and card arrow markers
  • 6 player pieces
  • 6 player cards
  • 1 plastic ship base
  • 3 plastic ship pieces (propeller, navigation disk, power source)
  • 1 metal ship piece (engine)
  • Small plastic bag
  • Game box
  • Rules book

Forbidden Island

Forbidden Island (game) - Wikipedia

Number of Players: 2-4
Play Time: 30 minutes

Forbidden Island is a cooperative game for 2 to 4 players in which players rush to gather the 4 island treasures and return to the helipad before the island sinks into the ocean. Players take turns shoring island tiles, gathering tools, and moving around the island all while gathering treasure cards in order to retrieve the mysterious islands treasures. All the while the waters rise.

Game Includes:

  • 6 player indicator tokens
  • 6 player cards
  • 4 plastic idol pieces (earth stone, statue of wind, crystal of fire, ocean's chalice)
  • 24 double-sided cardboard Island Tiles
  • 24 Flood Cards
  • 28 Treasure Cards
  • Water Rising Difficulty cardboard card
  • Water Rising Difficulty indicator
  • Game box
  • Rules book

Furnace

Amazon.com: Arcane Wonders Furnace : Toys & Games

Number of Players: 2-4
Play Time: 30-60 minutes

Players take the role of 19th century capitalists in this Eurogame styled Engine builder. Each round players will bid on business to add to their growing empire in order to produce goods before each player will produce goods using their starting business and any won businesses.

Game Includes:

  • 36 double-sided Company cards
  • 5 Start-Up cards
  • 5 Capitalist cards
  • 1 first player token
  • 4 colored player tokens
  • Numbered color disk
  • Neutral 2 disk
  • 40 black coal tokens
  • 15 yellow oil drum tokens
  • 4 multiplication tokens
  • 12 upgrade tokens
  • 61 cardboard coin tokens
  • Round tracker
  • Round tracker token
  • 1 six-sided die
  • 11 plastic bags
  • Game box
  • Rules book

Furnace: Interbellum Expansion

Amazon.com: Furnace: Interbellum Board Game : Toys & Games

Number of Players: 2-5
Play Time: 30-60 minutes

The Interbellum Expansion brings the game into the roaring 20s and 30s with new cards and a new variable bidding disc while also adding a solo game mode as well as an extra set of tokens to allow for a 5th player to join. Designed for players with experience with the base game.

Expansion Includes:

  • 26 double-sided Company cards
  • 4 Agent cards
  • 4 single-sided Start-Up cards
  • 5 Capitalist cards
  • 3 Business School cards
  • 14 Manager tokens
  • 1 Personal Manager token
  • 15 Black Coal tokens
  • 10 Blue Iron Bar tokens
  • 5 Yellow Oil Drum tokens
  • 1 teal player token
  • 5 variable Capital disks
  • 4 teal Capital disks
  • 10 coin tokens
  • Game box
  • Rules book

Mysterium

Amazon.com: Asmodee Mysterium Board Game - Enigmatic Cooperative Mystery  Game with Ghostly Intrigue, Family Fun for Kids & Adults, Ages 10+, 2-7  Players, 42 Minute Playtime : Asmodee: Toys & Games

Number of Players: 2-7
Play Time: 45 minutes

All but one player take on the role of a psychic detective tasked with reaching out to solve a murder. The final player takes on the silent role of the ghost, reaching out to the psychics to help them solve their murder. The only issue is that the ghost's memory isn’t what it used to be and can’t remember the details of their murder, passing clues to the investigators leading to possible events. If all the investigators are successful in guessing their narrative using vision cards passed out by the ghost they get one final chance to solve the mystery and put the ghost to rest.

Expansion Includes:

  • 6 player markers (blue, white, pink, red, black, yellow)
  • 36 Clairvoyance tokens (6 in each color)
  • 6 Clairvoyance level markers (1 in each color)
  • 3 progress boards (person, place, thing)
  • 3 Raven tokens
  • 6 Culprit tokens
  • 6 character sleeves
  • 6 Ghost tokens (1 in each color)
  • 36 Item cards (18 small, 18 medium)
  • 36 Location cards (18 medium, 18 large)
  • 36 Suspect cards (18 medium, 18 large)
  • 84 Vision cards
  • Ghost's board
  • 1 two-minute sand timer
  • Clock time marker
  • Clock timer base
  • 2 clock stand pieces
  • 1 two-piece bonus tracker
  • Plastic piece container insert
  • Game box
  • Rules book

Phase 10

How to Play Phase 10 | Official Rules

Number of Players: 2-6
Play Time: 45 minutes

Phase 10 is a Rummy style card game where players work to complete tasks based on the phase of the game they are in. First player to complete all 10 phases in a row wins.

Game Includes:

  • Deck of 104 playing cards
  • 4 Phase 10 round cards
  • Metal game box
  • Rules

Scattergories

Amazon.com: Hasbro Gaming Scattergories Classic Game, Party Game for Adults  and Teens Ages 13 and up, Board Game for 2+ Players : Toys & Games

Number of Players: 2-6
Play Time: 30 minutes

Scattergories is played by randomly determining a letter using a special 20 sided die, and having a list of categories to write answers beginning with the selected letter. With a 3 minute timer per round players have to think and write fast to come up with more unique answers than their opponents.

Game Includes:

  • 1 20-sided alphabet die
  • 1 3-minute sand timer
  • 1 pad of answer sheets
  • 48 category cards + storage box
  • 6 folders
  • Game box
  • Rules book

Timeline

Timeline | Board Game | BoardGameGeek

Number of Players: 2-8
Play Time: 15 minutes

Players race to empty their hand of cards by filling out a communal timeline. On each player’s turn they will make a guess as to where on the timeline a card from their hand will go. Correct guesses are left to fill out the timeline, incorrect guesses are returned to the box, and the player redraws a new card. The winner is the first person to end a round with no cards in hand, or in the case of multiple players, it moves to a showdown until only one player remains.

Game Includes:

  • Deck of 110 playing cards
  • Metal game box
  • Rules book