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This list should collect all games that have space in a house's forniture. Beauty is the only criteria by which the games are selected here! :-) These games can be put in your house's best room, out of their boxes, without shame, getting attention even by not gamers just for their beauty! Games that are not just made of colorful plastic but of nice materials, are small enough to fit everywhere (because generally they don't have a cartoon board) and have no sparse pieces like dice or cards! 8-)
Please add whatever you like! Unfortauntely I couldn't add a large number of beautiful puzzles, solitaires and sports games like billiards and darts: consider them as if they were in the list.
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1. Board Game: Abalone [Average Rating:6.34 Overall Rank:902]
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 Even if made of plastic, the large board with those sim-marble balls and the black base is fantastic!
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I asked my family for this for my Birthday (6/6/1966). Erm, they gave me a sausage by mistake.
2. Board Game: Ballast [Average Rating:4.95 Unranked]
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 A modern-style look with wooden pieces that may be fun to see and quick to play with non gamers, although the game is not that great as its look.
3. Board Game: Batik [Average Rating:6.07 Overall Rank:2331]
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 One of my favourite knickknacks. Is looks like an abstract always-different painting. Actually Gigamic is special in making these abstract looking games.
4. Board Game: Chess [Average Rating:7.05 Overall Rank:214]
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 Never underrate a chess board fascination!
5. Board Game: Euro Jump [Average Rating:7.50 Unranked]
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 Nice cute games
6. Board Game: Mancala [Average Rating:5.86 Overall Rank:2222]
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 The presence of this classic ancient game, made with original materials, is a must for every gamer's house!
I am not Camelorn... although he seems pretty cool, too.
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Aren't the original materials sticks and holes in the dirt?
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Chickens love this game.
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You can still make holes in your pavement, but don't do it if you live in a condominium... ;)
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I keep a mancala board in the center of my dining table.
Personally I use the colored glass stones though.
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Yes! Mancala was the first game I thought of when reading the list subject!

I have, not by accident, a mancala on my "bookshelf - night table" (long story). Hell, it can even impress your girl when she first sees that so intelectual looking object!
7. Board Game: Nine Men's Morris [Average Rating:5.29 Overall Rank:5274]
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 There are very nice board designs made of wood, marble, or transparent plastic that can stay in your important room!
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The game is bad, though.
8. Board Game: Go [Average Rating:7.81 Overall Rank:36]
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 As far as I know, this is the single best looking game ever created. It is beautiful to look at and is also a great game to play. A must have in any game collection.
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First I excluded this game being too large to be used just as knickknack, but I must admit that its beauty is second to none (or to few) and if you find a space where to put it, you should do it if you are a real gamer! :)
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I know people who bought a Go set and never had the intention to play it!
9. Board Game: Pylos [Average Rating:6.45 Overall Rank:1191]
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 This is one of the best: beautiful, modern, small and curious. Everyone is attracted by that pyramid made of balls until every ball falls on the floor! 8-)
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I agree - Gigiamic seem to put as much stock in pleasure from visuals as well as game-play?
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I wish there could be also non-abstract games with the same quality... I made a geeklist of non-abstract games that don't have a cartoon board. It's almost empty.
10. Board Game: Quarto! [Average Rating:6.84 Overall Rank:438]
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 Gigamic, again: nice materials and wonderful object
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(Only own the "budget" plastic version) This game is almost the game-incarnation of "Give them enough rope to hang themselves"...

...if only I didnt end up "hanging" myself so often, against my kids too! :angry:
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This game is so beautiful that I bought the (rare) GIANT wood edition .... impressive ! :D
11. Board Game: Die Macher [Average Rating:7.86 Overall Rank:25]
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 Another ancient game that can be very beautiful
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This game is TANGRAM. It's not coded anymore in the database, it's correct because is not really a "board game", but it's a pity, anyway.
12. Board Game: Tantrix [Average Rating:6.51 Overall Rank:883]
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 Wow, what a look if you have a distant empty corner!! 8-)))
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Gotta love those hexagons :D - ya' need some more of 'em, Beppi.
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Isn't this the same game as Kaliko, also known as Psychepaths?
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Kaliko, very interesting! Tantrix has actually got more colours, but the doubt arises.
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Trax... Kaliko... Tantrix... Building upon a theme methinx... ???

Tantrix - :D
13. Board Game: Templum [Average Rating:5.75 Unranked]
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 Although it is made of plastic, it has fantastic colours!
14. Board Game: Top Quark [Average Rating:6.00 Unranked]
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 The board is not made of pure wood, but the impact is still good
15. Board Game: Backgammon [Average Rating:6.48 Overall Rank:654]
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 I don't really like this game, so I keep it hidden! 8-) But you can spend thousands of euros on a single, fantastic board!
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Whilst in Venice (many years ago) I saw 2 set variants that blew my mind - both to look at and the price! Board size was around 4x4 standard bathroom tiles; set into a wood briefcase format.

The pieces were 2-3 inches high and Blue vs Brown trench-coat wearing "spies" or Blue vs Yellow sail-boats.
16. Board Game: Saturn [Average Rating:6.70 Overall Rank:1785]
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17. Board Game: Tenjo [Average Rating:5.04 Overall Rank:5376]
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 Quality bits and cards. Awesome looking board.
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Is this a joke addition?
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No joke. This is hands down a beautiful looking game. Gorgeous. I wish I could have gotten someone to play it with me!
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From what I've heard about its gameplay, you should be happy no one would play it with you.
18. Board Game: Terrace [Average Rating:6.38 Overall Rank:1444]
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 I almost forgot this! 8-)
19. Board Game: Cathedral [Average Rating:6.57 Overall Rank:659]
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 I added this wonderful piece on request... 8-)
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I have the Cathedral World edition on display in my office at work.
20. Board Game: Head Quarter [Average Rating:6.14 Unranked]
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Whenever I see this game, I think of spielboy.com
Heh heh heh
21. Board Game: Blokus [Average Rating:7.26 Overall Rank:118]
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 Just leave this game set up after play. The colors and shapes are wonderful. When it's time to play again, deconstruct the board and play the game. Ten minutes later, a new work of art.
22. Board Game: Axiom [Average Rating:7.01 Overall Rank:1422]
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 Don't say I'm a fanatic for abstracts, this is beauty! 8-)
23. Board Game: Bamboleo [Average Rating:6.59 Overall Rank:856]
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24. Board Game: Cityscape [Average Rating:6.29 Overall Rank:1806]
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25. Board Game: Crokinole [Average Rating:7.78 Overall Rank:41]
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 One of the classics
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Andrew Hazlewood
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cathedral looks like a wooden table piece when all the pieces are in it.
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You can find many traditional games on this site: http://www.tradgames.org.uk/ . There are pictures of nice small pieces of gaming history, from Alquerque to Carrom and Cribbage. How I'd want them!! ;)
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By the way, you look very ill. Try to get more air.
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Unfortunately Oxygen reacts with my skin making me blue. I prefer green, I don't have to trade to get the green when playing, everyone rushes to give it to me.
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Nice one list! Very original!
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