Each of these asks the same question every turn: stop now and bank it, or tempt fate one more time. Some fit in a pocket, some fill a game night.
1Flip 7Eric Olsen's 2024 card game from The Op where you flip numbers until you stop or bust on a duplicate.1000pts
2Can't StopSid Sackson's 1980 dice game about climbing columns, where one more roll can wipe out a whole turn.898pts
3Incan GoldAlan R. Moon and Bruno Faidutti's temple-delving game, first published as Diamant in 2005, where players leave or press on together.538pts
4Deep Sea AdventureJun Sasaki and Goro Sasaki's 2014 Oink Games title where divers share one air supply while hauling treasure back up.538pts
5Sky 5Mike Belsole and Grace Kendall's 2026 push-your-luck card game from Druid City Games, where collecting all five colours banks your tableau.419pts
6Zombie DiceSteve Jackson's 2010 dice game in which you eat brains until the shotguns add up to three.419pts
7CubitosJohn D. Clair's 2021 dice-building race where players keep rolling for speed and risk busting on blanks.0pts
8King of TokyoRichard Garfield's 2011 Yahtzee-style monster brawl where staying in Tokyo scores points and takes the hits.0pts
9CelestiaAaron Weissblum's 2015 airship game in which passengers bail out or ride on through each storm.0pts
10RaReiner Knizia's 1999 Egyptian auction game where each draw from the bag risks calling Ra before you bid.0pts
Photo credits
- Flip 7 box art — The Op Games, rights holder
- Can't Stop box art — Eagle-Gryphon Games, rights holder
- Incan Gold box art — Eagle-Gryphon Games, rights holder
- Deep Sea Adventure box art — Oink Games, rights holder
- Sky 5 box art — Druid City Games / AllPlay, rights holder
- Zombie Dice box art — Steve Jackson Games, rights holder
- Cubitos box art — Alderac Entertainment Group, rights holder
- King of Tokyo box art — IELLO, rights holder
- Celestia box art — Blam! / Hachette Boardgames, rights holder
- Ra box art — 25th Century Games, rights holder
