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NN Library Board Games: Social Studies

Games that connect to Social Studies...

Risk

Take over the world in this game of strategic conquest! In the Risk board game, the goal is simple: players aim to conquer their enemies’ territories by building an army, moving their troops in, and engaging in battle. Depending on the roll of the dice, a player will either defeat the enemy or be defeated. Defeat all of the enemy troops in a territory to conquer that territory and get one step closer to global conquest! 

2-6 Players

120 Minutes Playing Time

Spin Doc

Do you have what it take to be the next President of the United States? In Spin Doctor, you will compete to earn Electoral College Votes while dodging Scandals, calling in Favors, using the Media, and trading Dark Secrets.

2-6 Players

30-60 Minutes Playing Time

Chronology

Think you know which came first – the invention of mayonnaise or decaffeinated coffee? Lincoln’s Gettysburg address or John Deere’s first plow? Test your knowledge with Chronology by Buffalo Games – the game of all time! In Chronology, each player builds his or her own timeline of cards. On your turn, someone will read you a historical event from a card. You decide where that event falls in your timeline. If you are right, you keep the card and your timeline grows. The first player to build a timeline of 10 cards wins!

2-8 Players

30 Minutes Playing Time

Ticket to Ride

Ticket to Ride is an award-winning, cross-country train adventure board game. Players collect train cards that enable them to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn. Additional points come to those who can fulfill their Destination Tickets by connecting two distant cities, and to the player who builds the longest continuous railway. 

3-5 Players

30-60 Minutes Playing Time