Tradition Board Games Bucket List

Match tiles in this traditional Chinese game

A Canadian dexterity board where you flick discs at a centre hole.

Japanese chess, where captured pieces change sides and come back.

A mill game carved into cathedral cloisters and Roman roof tiles.

A river, cannons that jump to capture, and generals who may never meet.

A South Asian tabletop strike-and-pocket game, all wrist and chalk.

Germany's national card game; three players, complex bidding, deep strategy.

Two hundred years of pegging fifteen-twos on a wooden board.

Pick up Tressette, the subtle, signal-driven Italian trick game of cunning and partnership

Master Briscola, the bluff-and-trump card game that fuels Italian bar rivalries

Learn Scopa, the sweep-the-table card game played in every Italian bar and kitchen

Play hanafuda, a traditional Japanese card game with beautiful floral designs and seasonal themes