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These are the games that we feel are the best options in this category, and that we have in our own collections to fill this niche.

Summary: Race to build your wonder and collect points by selecting either of the cards next to you, or testing you luck with a blind draw from the deck.

You Might Like If… you enjoy simple games that have some nice strategic decisions and want a game that covers a really wide player count, is fun across the spectrum of non-gamer to heavy gamer, and plays in half hour.

Summary: Fit shapes of various terrains into your map, doing your best to fill in space efficiently while also meeting the scoring conditions for that game.

You Might Like If… you enjoy spatial puzzles (think Tetris) and want a game that plays great across a broad range of players with a nice amount of variety from game to game with randomized objectives.

While these games missed the cut for our top recommendations in this category, we still think they would be great options for a lot of people.

Summary: Plan ahead as you number your houses and design your neighborhood in this simultaneous-play flip-and-write game.

You Might Like If… you enjoy working on a puzzle where you need to plan ahead and want a game that can plays well anywhere from 2 players to 12+ players. The sequel Welcome to the Moon is our personal favorite in this line, but only supports 6 players, so the original is still a great option for playing with large groups.

These are games that we have not had the chance to try ourselves, but that we believe could be a good fit based on our research.

Summary: Bet, buy horses, and influence jockeys for cash in an exciting 1930's era horse race.

You Might Like If… you enjoy betting games and want a roll-and-write style game that plays well over a wide range of player counts.

Summary: Bet on a horse race as it is in progress in this chaotic real-time game.

You Might Like If… you enjoy betting and high-energy games and want a unique game that can play well up to some really high player counts.