Yorimichi GamesStrategy games
Games where planning ahead and reading your opponent decide the result. Take your time and think it through.
Strategy games (52)
Balance StackPlace numbered weights and keep a pivoting beam below its tilt limit
Ball DropTurn adjustable ramps to guide a falling ball through pins and into the target
CanastaClassic four-player partnership Canasta with two decks and single draws
EuchreCall trump and take three of five tricks in a 24-card partnership game against three computers
Flower PuzzleGroup three side-connected flowers, one of each type, to clear a fixed garden
Four Leaf Clovers SolitairePlay a same-suit 15-sum solitaire or the separate thirteen-pile foundation game
Maze CollectCollect every dot, plan cycling gate crossings, and reach the exit
Poker SquaresPlace 25 cards on a 5x5 grid and score ten poker hands with American or English scoring
Price Learning LabExplore changing prices and gain/loss in six rounds of calculations
Scorpion SolitaireBuild four suit columns using flexible face-up card groups
Spite and MaliceBuild shared ascending stacks and empty your pay-off pile before your opponent
Three-Flower Garden (Idle Clicker)Collect drops, improve tools and grow three flowers to complete a small garden
Tower DefensePlan garden devices and upgrades to collect leaves through eight waves
Twisty CubeMatch six numbered faces in 72 original 2×2 puzzles
Yukon SolitaireMove unordered packets with no stock; standard Yukon and Russian variant
DartsAim and count down to exactly zero in 301 or 501 darts
Five Minute Survival (Shape Dodge Game)Dodge shapes, release automatic pulses and choose upgrades in a five minute solo survival game
Hnefatafl (Viking Board Game)Escape with the king or surround him in Tablut, Copenhagen and Fetlar
SameGameRemove connected groups, plan gravity and clear the tile board
WhistPlay Classic Whist with a computer partner: follow suit, use trump and take tricks together
CribbagePeg to 31 with fifteens, pairs and runs, count your hand and race to 121 on the board
Daifugo (President)Beat the pile with higher cards and empty your hand first. Revolution, 8-cut and more house rules
Fox and GeeseOne fox against a flock of geese in the classic European hunt game
Gin RummyDraw, discard and build melds; knock with 10 or less deadwood, or go gin with zero
Gunjin Shogi (Military Shogi)Move hidden pieces, let the referee judge each battle and take the enemy HQ
Hachi-Hachi (Hanafuda)Three-player hanafuda with hand yaku, capture yaku and an 88-point par
Juroku MusashiOne General against sixteen soldiers in a classic Japanese hunt game
Mahjong (Two-Player Riichi)Japanese riichi mahjong one-on-one vs the CPU, with hints, a yaku list and scoring practice
Mini ShogiShogi on a tiny 4×5 board, plus 5x5 minishogi, with a move guide and hints
Napoleon (Japanese Card Game)Bid to become Napoleon, call a secret adjutant and win the honor cards in this Japanese trick-taking game
Seven Bridge (Japanese Rummy)Meld sets and runs, lay off on any meld and claim discards with pon and chi
SpadesTeam up with a partner, bid your tricks and use spades as trumps to make your contract
Territory GameClaim squares next to your land, wall off areas to take them all, and own more of the grid
Xiangqi (Chinese Chess)The chess of China on a 9×10 board, with 3 CPU levels and reasons for blocked moves
BackgammonRoll two dice, race 15 checkers home and bear them off first, with the doubling cube
Checkers (Draughts)Move diagonally and jump your opponent’s pieces to capture them all
ChessTrap the enemy king with six kinds of pieces, with hints for beginners
Dots and BoxesJoin the dots one line at a time. Complete a box to claim it and draw again
Five Card Draw PokerMake the best poker hand with one draw. Solo hand practice or play the computer
Forty Thieves SolitaireBuild down by suit and move all 104 cards of two decks to the foundations
Four in a RowDrop discs into the columns and be the first to line up four across, down or diagonally
FreeCellUse four free cells to move all 52 cards, suit by suit from ace to king, onto the foundations
Go (Baduk / Weiqi)Surround more of the board than your opponent, with atari marks and hints
GomokuTake turns placing stones. The first to get five in a row in any direction wins
HeartsDodge the hearts and the queen of spades in this trick-taking game. Lowest score wins
HexPlace stones on hexagons and be first to connect your two sides – no draws
Koi-Koi (Hanafuda)Match cards by month, build yaku, then choose: koi-koi or stop?
Nine Men’s MorrisPlace and move your pieces, make mills of three and capture your opponent’s pieces
ReversiOutflank stones to flip them to your color. Most stones at the end wins
Shogi (Japanese Chess)Japanese chess where captured pieces come back. 3 CPU levels and a move guide
Spider SolitaireRearrange two decks in ten columns and complete eight runs of one suit from king to ace
Yacht (Dice Game)Roll five dice up to three times, make combinations and fill in the score sheet