Curlie

Different kind of economical games. 'Monopoly' is probably the best-known example of this genre.

Please submit variants and rule options to the Variant sub-category.

Sites that exclusively offer Monopoly sets for sale should be submitted to the appropriate Shopping sub-category.

Acquire

Acquire is a strategy board game that came into existence around 1968. Developed by Sid Sackson and marketed initially by 3M, the game has been updated and is now owned by Avalon-Hill. The game is a stock-trading, finance game will a relatively simple set of rules.

Agricola

Agricola is a board game for one to five players (teen to adult) that focuses on developing a farm in fourteen turns. The game was created by Uwe Rosenberg, a German game designer. It has won several awards including the 2008 Deutscher Spiele Preis (German Game Prize) and Spiel des Jahres's (Game of the Year) Best Complex Game 2008.

Airlines

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Sid Sackson should be flattered indeed. Airlines, Alan Moon's game of flight path building and airline control, was clearly inspired by Sackson's classic Acquire. Fortunately, it brings some new elements to the party, resulting in a fresh, lively variation that stands well on its own.

Monopoly

Includes websites about the boardgame Monopoly.

Please submit variants and rule options to the Variant sub-category.

Sites that exclusively offer Monopoly sets for sale should be submitted to the appropriate Shopping sub-category.

Settlers of Catan

Settlers of Catan is one of a new breed of semi-abstract board games invented in Germany during the last several years. (I have heard Settlers described as the original German board game which started this fad) It has garnered several prestigious awards. An English language version of the game and some (but not all) of its expansion sets are produced in America by Mayfair Games. The basic game is for 2-4 players. A 5-6 player expansion is available, but the basic game is better with three and best with four players. It is played on a grid of hexagonal tiles with different terrain types: forest, hill, mountain, pasture, field, desert, water. Each terrain type produces a different type of resource: grain, wool, wood, brick, stone used to build roads, settlements and cities.

Please submit only English language sites that are devoted to the Settlers board game and expansions (Seafarers, Cities & Knights, etc).

Although the game was invented in Germany, there is a separate hierarchy for non-English web sites (World/Deutsch).