I'm always astonished when I find an abstract game I enjoy. True, I cut my teeth on chess back in the 1950s, but even then and ever since, I've always preferred games that immerse me in a story.

But I'm very fond of the abstracts I'm posting below, and will play them pretty much any time. If you also usually prefer theme, I'm curious if you also like these games, or if it's just me.

I'm allowing additions, but would prefer only people who also usually prefer atmosphere and theme to add their favorite abstracts.

I almost included some games such as En Garde or Würmeln, as they're pretty close to abstracts. But they feel like just enough of the themes (fencing and worm racing, respectively) to be disqualified. However, I *have* included some ostensibly themed games where the theme is just too thin to be believeable.

This may seem like a lot of abstract games for someone who professes not to like them, but as you'll see, they've been slowly added over many years.

They're not arranged in any particular order, BTW - just as they occurred to me.