Browse games/Long playing time

This is a list of long games that take more than 30 minutes to play.

Name	Description	Min Players	Max Players	Number of colors	Trios per color	Game Mechanics	Status
Agents of M.A.R.S.	A game of altering the board state to fulfill your secret objective and mess with your opponent's presumed objective		2	3	5	Unknown	Complete
Agnostica	Agnostica, a simplified version of Gnostica, involves capturing territory on an evolving board made up of Zark City cards.	2	5	1 per player	3 (5 for the complex game)	Modular board, Card game	Complete
Alien City	Icehouse/piecepack hybrid game of city building		2	3 or more	5	Tile laying, Complex scoring, City building	Complete
Barrakesh Express	Control surface transport on Mars	2	4	1 per player	5	Set collection, Hidden goals	Playtesting
Barsoomian Jetan	Fantasy chess on Barsoom (Mars)		2	4	4	Chess, Angular movement	Complete
Binary Homeworlds	A 2-player variant of the standard Homeworlds game		2	4	3	Color powers, Resource management	Complete
Blam!	Looking for someone to shove? Strategize in Blam! with two to four elbow-room seekers.	2	4	1 per player	5	Behavior prediction	Complete
Bridge	A strategy game where you try to connect opposing edges of an 8x8 board.		2	2	4	Movement	Initial design
Chain Reaction	Fire 'particles' at 'atoms' and direct the chain reaction to let you capture pieces	2	6	6	5	Stacking, Placement	Playtesting
Civil-ice-ation		3	6	7	5	Unknown	Complete
Crystal Caverns	RPG played on a playing card dungeon map	1	5	5	5	Board	Unknown
Crystal City Catan	Colonial building in the style of The Settlers of Catan card game		2	6	5	Resource Management	Complete
Crystal Wars	Wargame played on Martian Coasters	2	4	5	5	Board	Playtesting
The Crystal in my Pocket	A collaborative fiction game	3	8	4	5	Unknown	Initial design
Dectana	Territory game like Zarcana/Gnostica, but using the Decktet	2	5	1 per player	3	Territory Control, Hand Management	Complete
Efni	Use pyramids to win Fluxx goals	2	6	1 per player	5	Set collection, Hidden information	Complete
Emperor's Garden	Try destroying the Fujiwara clan to assert the new Emperor's power	2	4	1 per player + 1	1	Victory points, Guessing	Complete
Epicycle	Exchange your pieces for those in a circle. Avoid getting 3 pieces of the same size.		2	1	5	Behavior prediction	Complete
Extinction	Two races of creatures fight to make the other go extinct.		2	2	5	Capture	Complete
The Fast and Ferocious; or, Black Ice	A racing game with multiple tracks and self-placed obstacles.	2	6	5	1	Race	Initial design
Freimaurerei	Conduct lodge-based conspiracies during the European Enlightenment		2	10	5	Hidden goals, Resource management	Complete
Gala	A traditional chess-like game from northern Europe a.k.a. Farmer's Chess.	2	4	4	4	Capture	Complete
Gnostica	Gnostica, an updated version of Zarcana, involves capturing territory on an evolving board made up of Tarot cards.	2	6	1 per player	5	Modular board, Card game	Complete
Gorean Kaissa	Fantasy chess on the planet Gor		2	6	5	Chess	Complete
Gridiron	A simple little photo safari game.	2	4	5	2	Unknown	Unknown
Hexano-Duel	A more strategic variant of Volcano played with 9 stashes on a hexagonal board		2	9	5	Volcano	Unknown
Homeworlds	A strategy game of starships, transformation, and negotiation	2	6	4	5	Unknown	Complete
Houses of Thoth	Erecting Pyramids on Tarot cards, and vice versa	2	5	5	5	Accumulation, Construction	Playtesting
Ice Age	Mastodons vs the Hunters		2	1	5	Unknown	Unknown
Ice Arena	Ice Arena is a tactical arena combat game.	2	4	4	5	Unknown	Initial design
Ice Colony	A game of trying to build up your colony and take control of a variety of terrain and eliminate your opponent.	2	4	10	5	Direct conflict, Elimination	Nearly Complete
Ice Etin's Cave			4	4	5	Unknown	Playtesting
Ice Palace	A game of simple mechanics but complex interactions where players compete to win “hands” and ultimately control the construction of the Ice Palace.	3	6	1 per player + 2	5	Placement, Pyramid draw	Complete
IceCubed	A game utilizing IceDice components and a Mega-Volcano board: Players are randomly given opportunities for movement, attack, and supply to the board while also presented the opportunity to seek revenge and wreak havoc on their opponents.	2	4	5	1 per player + 1	Board, Equipment/Dice, Shared Pieces	Playtesting
IceTraders	Starships battle for Good and Evil	2	6	4	5	Board game	Unknown
Icehouse Plant Game	Grow your pieces toward the sun	3	4	4	5	Unknown	Playtesting
Interstellar Conquest	Be the first alien race to set up four colonies in your opponents star systems.	2	8	1 per player	5	Unknown	Complete
Leave No Man Behind	"a mix of Chinese checkers and macho 'leave no man behind' wartime bravado"	2	4	1 per player	5	Unknown	Unknown
Lonely Ice	A solitaire game of attack.		1	4	5	Unknown	Complete
Magma	Jumpy patience on a Volcano board	1	2	5+	5	Puzzle, Jumping, Flow	Unknown
Martian Canals	A placement and capture game of Martian stone circles and pyramids.	2	12	1 per player	5	Placement, Capture	Complete
Martian Coaster Chaturanga	Martian Chess-like game; get the most points at end	2	4	5	1	Dynamic board	Complete
Martian Colonists	A resource gathering race, vaguely inspired by Settlers of Catan and a set of dice that match the colours of Icehouse pyramids	2	8	1 per player + 1	5	Resource management, Dice rolling	Initial design
Martian Gunslinger	An abstract Western theme boardgame with a checkerboard	2	4	5	2	Set collection, Resource management, Direct conflict	Nearly Complete
Martian Miners	Be the first mining company to construct two mines on the dark side of Mars.	2	4	1 per player	5	Unknown	Unknown
Martian Risk	Martian armies invade Earth	3	6	1 per player	5	Unknown	Complete
Martian Senet	A race through the Martian underworld		2	2	4	Stacking, Modular board	Unknown
Martianopolis 500	Zip around the track to the finish.	2	4	1 per player	1	Unknown	Playtesting
Nile	Use your workers to build the great pyramids of Egypt		2	5	5	Unknown	Complete
Node Wars	The metagame of playing the three (or four) games of the Node Wars trilogy, simultaneously or in sequence.	2	3 or more	5	1	Programming	Initial design
Pentamid Twist	Get five pieces in a row on a set of Martian Coasters.		2	2	5	Placement, Dynamic board	Complete
Phalanstery	Organize a harmonious group within the utopian phalanx	1	2	10	3	Eruption, Draw	Playtesting
PyLiPo		3	5	3 to 4	2	Movement, Creative Writing	Unknown
Pyramid Ball	A game of sports and programmable movement		2	5	3	Programmable Movement	Complete
Quicksand	A strategy game where you try to capture your opponent's pieces on a board that is in constant flux.		2	2	5	Placement, Capture, Board Rotation	Complete
Quicksand (Polish)	Gra strategiczna, w której plansza nieustannie się zmienia, a celem jest zdobywanie piramidek przeciwnika.		2	2	5	Umieszczanie i zbijanie piramidek, Obracanie plansz	Complete
Quintazone	An Icehouse/Aquarius hybrid	2	5	1 per player	2 - 5	Placement, Tile-laying	Complete
RAMbots Factory	A variant of RAMbots where the factory floor moves and changes orientation and adds various board elements to interact with.	2	4	10	1 per player + 1	Unknown	Unknown
Race to the Top	A combination of several non-pyramid games.	3	10	5	5	Unknown	Initial design
Robot House	Robot House is a tactical arena game inspired by Meatbot Massacre.	2	4	4	5	Unknown	Initial design
Rosicrucian Chess	occult chess variant a.k.a. Enochian Chess	2	4	5	4	Divination, Chess	Complete
Scrambled Volcano	variation of Volcano published by Looney Labs	2	5	5	5	Unknown	Complete
Share and Share Alike	A game of shifting loyalties		4	4 (any color or colors)	5	Tower-building, Market speculation	Complete
Snowman Meltdown	Icehouse/piecepack hybrid snowman fight held on a comet.	2	4	4	5	Elimination	Complete
Solomids	A solo game of stacking, sliding, and swapping		1	5	3	Unknown	Complete
Sprawl	Competitive city building	3	8	1 per player	5	Building, Attacking	Complete
Spy vs Spy	Collect all the pieces of the Thingamajig, avoid the other spy and the police, and get out alive!		2	10	3	Strategic placement	Unknown
Super Death Ray	Use fighter ships, thievery, super death rays, and a clone army to destroy your opponent's inter-planetary empire.	2	3	5	5	Freeform board, Color powers	Playtesting
Ticket to Mars	Mashup of Icehouse with Ticket to Ride	2	5	9	5	Hand management, Connections, Contracts, Network building	Initial design
Treehouse Snakes and Ladders	Snakes & Ladders with pyramids, real decisions, and lots of player interaction.	2	5	5	1	Stacking, Roll and move	Playtesting
Triangulation	A war-game with programmed movement	2	4	5	1	Unknown	Initial design
Triforce	In Triforce, players combat for control over a portion of a triangular playing field.	3	6	1 per player + 3	5	Unknown	Initial design
UberMartian Coasters	Super-sized variant of Looney Labs' game Martian Coasters.	2	10	1 per player	1	Beverage coaster manipulation	Complete
Vankor Gang Wars	A game of revolution and city takeover, for many players	4	8	1 per player	2	Destruction	Unknown
Vankor Wars	A game of revolution and city takeover	2	4	1 per player	3 - 5	Destruction	Unknown
Volcano Island	Be the most dominant tribe on the Island after the volcano has had its say	3	4	4	5	Area Control, Tile placement	Complete
Whack Chess	Chess with stacking pyramids and a dynamic board		2	4	5	Chess, Dynamic board	Unknown
The Wilds of Mars	A simple little photo safari game.	2	4	5	2	Movement, Hand management	Complete
Wormholes	A mind-warping space battle for 2 or more players.	2	10	1 per player	1	Move & Fire, Equipment/Dice	Unknown
Yshuis	An abstract strategy game for two or more players (inspired by the game Y.)	2	6	5	1	Placement, Movement	Initial design
Zark City	A 3HOUSE reduction of Zarcana, using playing cards	2	5	1 per player	3	Modular board, Hand & stash management	Complete
Ziggurat	A push-and-shove race around and up the sides of a pyramid.	2	4	4	3	Blocking, Roll and move	Playtesting
Zombies	Zombies is a square-grid partially cooperative survival game.	2	4	4	5	Unknown	Unknown