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Game Selection List with estimated Game Playing Times
Game Category	2 player singles	Approx playing time (mins)
Race	Backgammon	20
	Tabula	20
	Royal Game of Ur	20
	Patolli	30
	Senet	20
Movement - taking	Caesar's Game	15
	Alquerque	10
	Queen's Guards	15
	All the King's Men	15
	Jungle King	20
	Camelot	20
	Bladder	20
	Overlord	30
	Samurai	20
	Shing Shang	20
	Chinese Chess	30
	Abalone	30
	Quantum	20
	Unequal Sides
	The Viking Game	20
	16 Bandits	10
	Fox and Geese	10
	Draughts Variants
	King's Court	20
	Marx Hexadraughts	20
	Fierges	10
	Continental Draughts	20
	Canadian Draughts	30
Placement	In A Row Games
	Gomoku	10
	Remy Martin 4 in a row	10
	Connect 4	10
	Boku	15
	Pentago	10
	Hasami Shogi	20
	Other
	Othello	20
	Rubik's Magic	10
Placement and Movement	Stratego	30
	9 Men's Morris	10
	Siam	15
Cards	Original 5-card crib	30
Tiles	Tsung Shap (Chinese Dominoes)	30
Logic	Mastermind	10
Logic	Battleships	20
Other	Interaction	10
	Sumo	10
	Delta Force	15

Game Selection List with estimated Game Playing Times
Game Category	2 players or more	Approx playing time (mins)
Race	Barricade (Malefiz) (2 to 4)	30
	Quatrogammon (2 to 4)	45
	Scorpion (2 to 4)	20
	Hare and Tortoise (2 to 6)	45
	Vendetta (2 to 4)	30
Movement - taking	Centrepoint (2 to 4)	30
Movement - taking	Cirondo (2 or 4)	90
Movement - no taking	Halma (2 or 4)	30
Movement - no taking	Chinese Checkers (2 to 6)	30
Placement	Pegit (2 to 4)	10
Cards	Dartex (2 to 6)	30
	Waddingtons Soccer Cards (3 to 6)	30
	Pepys Football Whist (2 pairs)	30
	It's a Goal (2 to 6)	30
	3-player crib (3)	30
	Sequence (2 to 12)	15
	Blast (2 to 7)	45
	Rage (2 to 10)	45
	Bridge Bagatelle (2 to 4)	45
	Odds On (2 to 5)	30
	Fireside Football (3 to 6)	30
	Formula Motor Racing (2 to 6)	30
	Pepys Crime Club (2 to 5)	40
	Pepys I Commit (2 to 6)	40
	Pepys Belisha (2 to 4)	40
	Pepys Foreign Legion (2 to 4)	40
	Honor of the Samurai (3 to 6)	90
	Krimo (3 to 6)	40
	Mille Bornes (2 or 3 singles, 2 or 3 pairs)	40
	Double (2 to 6)	15
Dice	6-spot dice games - various (2+)
	The Midas Touch (2 to 6)	30
	Greed (2 to 6)	30
	Pass the Pigs (2 to 10)	30
	Yahtzee (2 to 10)	30
	Perudo (2 to 6)	30
	Ruck n Roll (2 to 10)	30
Tiles	Fives and Threes (6 spot) (2 to 6)	30
	Matador (9 spot) (2 to 6)	30
	Chicken foot (9 spot) (2 to 6)	40
	Mexican Train (12 spot) (2 to 8)	40
	Triominos (2 to 4)	30
	Rummikub (2 to 4)	40
	Continuo (2 to 4)	30
	Mensa Connections (2 to 6)	30
	Zatre (2 or 3 pairs)	45
	Crosshand Poker (2 to 4)	30
Other	Multicube (2 to 5)	20

Available in Punting for Points	Approx playing time (mins)
Cards
Pope Joan (2 to 6)	45
Twinity Bagatelle (2+)	20
Poker Bagatelle (2+)	30 to 40
Dice
Poker Dice (2+)	10
Put n Take (2+)	10
Shut the Box (2+)	30
Crown and Anchor (2+)	10
Tiles
Pai Kow (Chinese Dominoes) (4)	30

A total of 150 mins for a 3 hour event allows for a little leeway. A 180 min total is cutting it fine, but you don't have to finish a game (if playing friendly).
	Game time in mins (up to)
Total Playing Time	30	60	90	120	180 (or longer)
150	5
	3	1
	2		1
	1			1
	1	2
		1	1
180	4	1
	3		1
	2			1
	2	2
	1	1	1
		3
		1		1
			2
					1

MSO - Games that have been used in the Mind Sports Olympiad.

2 player singles

Backgammon

Chinese Chess

Abalone

Othello

Stratego

5 card crib

Fives and Threes

Mastermind

(Scrabble)

Zatre

Boku

Continental Draughts

Group games

Hare and Tortoise (2 to 6)

Rummikub (2 to 4)

Continuo (2 to 4)

Mensa Connections (2 to 6)

Zatre (2 or 3 pairs)

Strategy Games

Friendly events

singles or

The format for friendly strategy events allows for players to take their own time whilst familiarising themselves with the games. Players can play the same single opponent for the duration of the event or play within the same group. Once one game is finished then they move on to another. To play games in a successful rotation, allow for game slot times in multiples of 30 minutes. Keep your own individual scores if you like. Event duration - 3 hours. Singles - select 1 game for every 2 players (after finishing one game then swap with another pair). Groups - select up to 5 games per group (after finishing a game then make it available for another group)

NB. strategy game times are affected by each player's thinking time, so you should think of limiting time per game, moves per game, or number of rounds per game.

Competitive events

Singles

singles or Round Robin Group of 4 Singles / Pairs

Singles games - play 5 separate opponents at 5 different games over approx 3 hours. From 8 players to 36 players (even numbers only). Select 1 game per 2 players.
Round Robin Singles Group of 4 - play 3 separate opponents within same group at 2 different games (total of 6 game slots). Approx 3 hours. From 3 groups (12) to 12 groups (48). Select 2 games per group.

Group Games

Groups of 4 - play up to 5 games over approx 3 hours against same 3 opponents

From 3 groups (12) to 12 groups (48). Select up to 5 games per group.

Groups of 5 - play up to 5 games over approx 3 hours against same 4 opponents

From 2 groups (10) to 10 groups (50). Select up to 5 games per group.

Your Action:

1a. Friendly - Use the lists below to select an appropriate number of games for your total event time.

1b. Competition - Select the number of games required as stated above.

For the whole group, do not select the same game more than 3 times.

2. Inform Manor of your numbers and selections.

3. Prior to the event - familiarise yourself with the rules of your chosen games (if available).

4. If not playing in a Round Robin group, decide on a game rotation between yourselves. When a game has been selected more than once then decide between yourselves the order of play.

Strategy

Requirements

Venue

Upstairs or Downstairs
Tables and Chairs

Transport

Transport Arrive at Venue

15 mins before start time