Video Games
This popular character has been jumping on enemies, sliding down pipes, driving karts and hosting parties for 30 years. Let's-a go!
Who is Mario?
Oops! I drew a card that made me send you back home in this popular family game.
What is Sorry?
The #1 role-playing game in the world, this game is literally why we started this club.
What is Dungeons and Dragons?
This game is played with a standard deck of playing cards, and has players flipping over cards one at a time to determine a victor. What is it good for?
What is War?
You may find a lot of adults playing this game in the summertime, throwing small bags filled with rice or plastic pellets into a board with a hole.
What is Cornhole?
This family of consoles started as a conceived add-on for the Super Nintendo, before Sony decided to carve its own path and make it themselves...over 5 of them, in fact.
What is Playstation?
Bishops, Rooks, Knights, and Pawns are all essential pieces in this strategic board game.
What is Chess?
For those looking to find their own path, you could try out this game published in 2009 and initially conceived as a replacement for Dungeons and Dragons.
What is Pathfinder?
What is Poker?
Let's hope the horses don't need any help with their feet, because this game involves throwing their things at stakes in the ground.
What is Horseshoes?
This classic first-person shooter game was brought before Congress in the 90's for it's graphic violence, alongside Mortal Kombat and Night Trap. Thankfully, the franchise isn't knee deep in the dead.
What is DOOM?
"To have complete control over a market" is the definition of this board game, where the goal is to indulge in your worst capitalist fantasies and exploit the other player's money.
What is Monopoly?
First released in 1981, this tabletop calls players to explore the Lovecraftian mythos as they struggle to survive against horrors beyond our comprehension, with special rules for sanity and luck.
What is Call of Cthulhu (CoC)?
One of the most popular multimedia franchises of all time exploded into pop culture in the 1990's with video games and a TV show, with many schools banning this series' cards due to the fights it would cause in schools!
What is Poke'mon?
Originally known as "Trash Can Frisbee", this lawn game involves throwing and deflecting frisbees and scoring goals by hitting the cans, and is a popular activity in physical education classes across the US.
What is Kan Jam?
Sega's next console after the Genesis (or Mega Drive in Japan); It's also the name of a planet in our solar system.
What is the (Sega) Saturn?
For fans of military strategy, this game offered players a simulation of World War II before creating versions for franchises such as Mass Effect, The Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars.
What is Risk?
Embrace your inner vampire in this tabletop, where players have formed clans with other Kindred to feed and survive since 1991.
What is Vampire: The Masquerade? (Also accept Vampire: The Requiem)
This trading card game based on the manga of the same name has sold over 35 billion Monster, Spell, and Trap cards over its 25 year lifespan.
What is Yu-Gi-Oh?
This lawn game is actually a sport originating in the 17th century either from Britain or France, where players will use mallets to hit balls through gates or "wickets" in the correct order.
What is Croquet?
The "father of modern video games", this grizzly German inventor was given the National Medal of Technology by President Bush in 2006 for creating the first home video game console called the Magnavox Odyssey.
Who is Ralph Baer?
What is Backgammon?
An experimental military-themed simulation activity, this game created in the 1960's by David Wesely had people roleplay as fictional members of a German town and is largely responsible for the concept of a game master determining if actions are successful.
What is Braunstein?
This magical card game was heavily inspired by Dungeons and Dragons, eventually coming full circle and featuring sets of cards from DnD as well as Lord of the Rings and even Fortnite!
What is Magic (the Gathering)?
Developed in Italy, this outdoor recreational game involves a set of round balls made of wood, metal, or plastic being tossed or rolled towards a smaller ball called a "jack", with the team points depending on how close they get to the jack.
What is Bocce?