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	Stashes	Sets	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			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
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		3 matching sets	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		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		Stacking, Placement	Playtesting
Civil-ice-ation		3	6		7	Unknown	Complete
Crystal Caverns	RPG played on a playing card dungeon map	1	5	5		Board	Unknown
Crystal City Catan	Colonial building in the style of The Settlers of Catan card game		2	6	6 (5 Rainbow plus 1 Xeno or vice versa)	Resource Management	Complete
Crystal Wars	Wargame played on Martian Coasters	2	4	5		Board	Playtesting
The Crystal in my Pocket	A collaborative fiction game	3	8	4		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 or less (depending on number of players)	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	1	Behavior prediction	Complete
Extinction	Two races of creatures fight to make the other go extinct.		2	2		Capture	Complete
The Fast and Ferocious; or, Black Ice	A racing game with multiple tracks and self-placed obstacles.	2	6		1	Race	Initial design
Freimaurerei	Conduct lodge-based conspiracies during the European Enlightenment		2	9	10	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		2	Unknown	Unknown
Hexano-Duel	A more strategic variant of Volcano played with 9 stashes on a hexagonal board		2	9		Volcano	Unknown
Homeworlds	A strategy game of starships, transformation, and negotiation	2	6	4		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		Unknown	Unknown
Ice Arena	Ice Arena is a tactical arena combat game.	2	4	4		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		Direct conflict, Elimination	Nearly Complete
Ice Etin's Cave			4			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 for 3 players (+1/additional player)	Placement, Pyramid draw	Complete
IceTraders	Starships battle for Good and Evil	2	6	4		Board game	Unknown
Icehouse Plant Game	Grow your pieces toward the sun	3	4			Unknown	Playtesting
Interstellar Conquest	Be the first alien race to set up four colonies in your opponents star systems.	2	8			Unknown	Complete
Leave No Man Behind	"a mix of Chinese checkers and macho 'leave no man behind' wartime bravado"	2	4			Unknown	Unknown
Lonely Ice	A solitaire game of attack.		1	4		Unknown	Complete
Magma	Jumpy patience on a Volcano board	1	2	5+	5+	Puzzle, Jumping	Unknown
Martian Canals	A placement and capture game of Martian stone circles and pyramids.	2	12	1 per player	5 for up to 5 players, 10 for 6 to 10 players	Placement, Capture	Complete
Martian Coaster Chaturanga	Martian Chess-like game; get the most points at end	2	4		1	Dynamic board	Complete
Martian Risk	Martian armies invade Earth	3	6			Unknown	Complete
Martian Senet	A race through the Martian underworld		2	2	2	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			Programming	Initial design
Pentamid Twist	Get five pieces in a row		2	2	5	Placement, Dynamic board	Complete
Phalanstery	Organize a harmonious group within the utopian phalanx	1	2	10	6, i.e. 3 RX	Eruption, Draw	Playtesting
PyLiPo		3	5	3 to 4	2	Movement, Creative Writing	Unknown
Pyramid Ball	A game of sports and programmable movement		2			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+ (more needed for fewer players)	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 combo game.	3	10			Unknown	Initial design
Robot House	Robot House is a tactical arena game inspired by Meatbot Massacre.	2	4	4		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	Unknown	Complete
Share and Share Alike	A game of shifting loyalties		4	4 (any color or colors)		Tower-building, Market speculation	Complete
Snowman Meltdown	Icehouse/piecepack hybrid snowman fight held on a comet.	2	4			Elimination	Complete
Solomids	A solo game of stacking, sliding, and swapping		1			Unknown	Complete
Sprawl	Competitive city building	3	8	1 per player		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	6	Strategic placement	Unknown
Super Death Ray	Image coming soon...	2	3	5		Freeform board, Color powers	Playtesting
Ticket to Mars	Mashup of Icehouse with Ticket to Ride	2	5	9		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		1	Stacking, Roll and move	Playtesting
Triangulation	A war-game with programmed movement	2	4			Unknown	Initial design
Triforce	In Triforce, players combat for control over a portion of a triangular playing field.	3	6	1 per player + 3		Unknown	Initial design
UberMartian Coasters	Variation of Martian Coasters published by Looney Labs	2	10	2		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			Destruction	Unknown
Volcano Island	Be the most dominant tribe on the Island after the volcano has had its say	3	4			Area Control, Tile placement	Complete
Whack Chess	Chess with stacking pyramids and a dynamic board		2	4	4	Chess, Dynamic board	Unknown
The Wilds of Mars	A simple little photo safari game.	2	4		2	Movement, Hand management	Complete
Wormholes	A mind-warping space battle for 2 or more players.	2	10	1 per player	1 per 5 players	Move & Fire, Equipment/Dice	Unknown
Yshuis	An abstract strategy game for two or more players (inspired by the game Y.)	2	6		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		3	Blocking, Roll and move	Playtesting
Zombies	Zombies is a square-grid partially cooperative survival game.	2	4	4		Unknown	Unknown