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Art-Themed Board Games

Art-themed board games encompass a unique space where the world of gaming meets the aesthetic and historical aspects of art. These games often strive to integrate the creativity and context of the art world into engaging gameplay, while also providing educational value.

Characteristics

Visual Design: Artistic board games commonly boast high-quality visual components that reflect their theme, including board artwork, card illustrations, and player pieces.
Educational Value: Many art-themed games aim to teach players about art history, famous artworks, and renowned artists, often incorporating trivia or storytelling.
Engagement: The theme of art often encourages players to tap into their creative thinking and decision-making skills.
Game Mechanics: The core mechanics might include set collection, auctioning/bidding, pattern building, or creative puzzle-solving.

Notable Examples

The Gallerist: A deep strategic game that places players in the role of gallery owners, curating collections and promoting artists.
Vincent: A card-driven game where players collect sets of paintings from famous artist Vincent Van Gogh.
Modern Art: An auction-based game that requires players to buy and sell paintings, predicting market trends to maximize their profits.

These games often serve as a bridge between art enthusiasts and board game players, fostering a greater appreciation for the arts. As both a tool for entertainment and education, art-themed board games present a rewarding experience for a wide range of players.

Jeux utilisants Hand Management à thématique Art

Discover a new art style. Explore 10 major cities around the world and try to meet the challenges using unique junk pieces to create art. Will you be able to create an eye-catching sculpture in Amsterdam? Be the first to complete your structure in Monaco...

Share the LootAfter the Art Robbery comes the distribution of the spoils. Keep your eyes on the prize while collecting enough alibis or be eliminated. Mechanisms:• Hand Management• Take That

Operation F.A.U.S.T is a highly social game of bluffing and deception. Players find themselves in occupied France during World War II tasked with a mission to recover priceless works of art before they are looted by the Third Reich. Gather intelligence...

Card Game à thématique Art

For some, collecting fine art is a hobby. For a select few, it's a cutthroat world of buying, selling, and manipulating the market. Can you stay one step ahead of the other collectors and build the most valuable collection?Art Decko is an artistic new...

The Great Split is a drafting game for 2-7 players where you build a prestigious collection of riches by trading cards with the other players in simultaneous drafting rounds. You start each round by splitting your cards into two groups. Then, you pass...

Sometimes you need to get off the beaten path to find a beautiful landscape to paint. Wake up early, hike deep into nature, and find your perfect spot. Some paintings sell for commissions, other's you'll keep for yourself, but you're always going that...

Jeux utilisants Dice Rolling à thématique Art

Finish One Of Bob Ross’s Masterpieces Before He Does To Win “Chill” Status.Earn “chill points” by painting landscape features like Happy Little Trees and Almighty Mountains using colors and brushes from your hand of cards. Keep your eye on what other...

Reclaim. Rebuild. Remember.Long ago, your ancestors built great cities across the world. Now your tribe of Delvers must explore forests, deserts, islands, caverns, and mountains to find these lost cities. Claim the ruins, build places of power, and restore...

God does not play dice, but his monks do! In this dice version of Biblios, players continue their quest to build the most prestigious scriptorium. The game is for 2-players and combines an interesting dice drafting mechanic with auctions and fluctuating...

Strategy Game à thématique Art

Trickerion - Legends of Illusion

Weather Machine

Canvas - Finishing Touches (Deluxe Edition)

Canvas: Finishing Touches

Florenza (2nd Edition)

Starving Artists

Atelier - The Painter's Studio

Gallerist, The (2015 Edition)

Fresco Expansion - Modules 4, 5, and 6

Canvas: Reflections

Inis: Seasons of Inis Expansion

Florenza - The Card Game

Chamber of Wonders

Fresco (Revised Edition)

Jeux utilisants Pattern Building à thématique Art

Azul: Crystal Mosaic Expansion

Azul Summer Pavilion - Glazed Pavilion Expansion

Kanagawa: Yokai Expansion

Mandala Stones - Harmony

Jeux conçus par Eric Dubus à thématique Art

Museum is a 2 to 4 player game designed by Olivier Melison and Eric Dubus. This game of historical set collection will see players taking on the mantle of Curator in one of the world’s great museums.Discover lost civilizations from four continents and...

Museum: Pictura is a standalone set collection game for 2-4 players, in which you take on the role of an aspiring curator in an art museum, tasked with creating collections of some of History’s most iconic works of art!Set in the luxurious extravagance...

The People have spoken...What would a Museum be without the people that visit it? How would all these treasures shine if not through the eyes of all those that behold them? A Museum lives, and dies, by the will of the public.In this expansion, you and...

Jeux illustrés par Richard Ulrich à thématique Art

Princes of Florence

Experience the golden age of the Renaissance from your lofty position in the Italian nobility! Use your resources to support builders, artists, and scholars in their creative pursuits. As a patron of great works, your generosity and diplomacy will elevate...

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Auction/Bidding

End Game Bonuses

Cooperative Game à thématique Art

Belratti (German Edition)

A.R.T. Project, The

Descent: Legends of the Dark – The Betrayer's War

Descent: Legends of the Dark

Jeux publiés par Rebel Sp. z o.o. à thématique Art

Carnegie was inspired by the life of Andrew Carnegie, who was a major player in the United States' steel industry. Carnegie was not just one of the richest men in the world; he was also a philanthropist and support of social causes.In this elegant and...

Before you is a painting to be made. To win the order, you'll have to be the one to add the final touch...If you don't have the right color, you can always ruin the painting! Mechanisms:• Bluffing• Hand Management 25 Masterpiece Cards 60 Touch of Color...

This voyage just got a lot more dangerous.In From the Abyss, a new expansion for Unfathomable, the SS Atlantica and its journey to Boston are submerged in even deeper peril. New, horrifying monsters emerge from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to assail...

Horror on the High SeasThe steamship Atlantica makes way to Boston, but dark shadows trail the ship, staying just out of sight beneath the waves. Your fellow passengers seem unnaturally fixated, staring out to sea with a silent, desperate longing. Your...

Jeux utilisants Worker Placement à thématique Art

In 1893, Brussels was the cradle of a flamboyant architectural movement, Art Nouveau. In this game, you play as one of the illustrious architects of the Belle Époue to - among other things - build buildings, create works of art, influence the art market...

Bruxelles 1893: Belle Epoque

In Florenza, the players are the heads of the most powerful families in Florenza during the Renaissance period. The goal of the game is to become the most famous patron of the arts by hiring the most famous artists of the period and financing their ...

Florenza (X Anniversary)

Jeux conçus par Eilif Suensson à thématique Art

Magnificent, The

Draft dice to build your circus camp, hire artists and stage grandiose performances in this beautifully illustrated strategy game.The Magnificent is a new unique medium complexity strategy game from the designers of Santa Maria, featuring a unique take...

principalement positif, 72 %

Jeux utilisants Turn Order: Claim Action à thématique Art

Azul - Stained Glass of Sintra

Colors of Paris

Azul: Queen's Garden

Azul - Summer Pavilion

Jeux publiés par Cranio Creations à thématique Art

Jeux utilisants Point to Point Movement à thématique Art

From the mind behind the Turing Machine game comes a fresh deduction experience! Step into the role of an investigator like never before with Kronologic and explore the strange occurrences haunting the Paris Opera.Gather clues on the whereabouts of key...

Kronologic: Paris 1920

Welcome to the Belgian Beers Race! Take part in a three-day crazy race through Belgium and its breweries. Visit as many of them as you can, buy their beers and taste them (in moderation!) throughout the competition. Optimize your journeys across the ...

The Belgian Beers Race