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Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition in Board Games

Pattern recognition is a cognitive process that challenges players to identify and understand complex arrangements and sequences. In board games, this mechanic involves recognizing shapes, symbols, or colors that are grouped by defined rules.

Importance of Pattern Recognition

Enhances Strategic Thinking: Helps players develop strategies to achieve game objectives.
Improves Cognitive Skills: Aids in memory retention and problem-solving abilities.
Increases Engagement: Offers a mentally stimulating challenge, keeping players engaged.

Examples of Board Games with Pattern Recognition

Set: Requires players to identify sets of cards based on common characteristics.
Azul: Players must select tiles to create specific patterns on their boards.
Carcassonne: Involves tile placement to extend and match terrain features.
Qwirkle: Combines shapes and colors to create rows that share a common attribute.

Pattern recognition is integral in providing depth and complexity, making board games more engaging and rewarding.

Dexterity Game with Pattern Recognition

Flanx is a head-to-head game of speed where each player must match shapes and colors to quickly arrange their cards on a table. The objective is to build a trail of cards are the other player’s line. The first person to flank their opponent and place...

Dolphin Hat games is adding a little “Ho-Ho-Ho” to their games this year! Get this Christmas themed edition of our wildly popular hand-slapping party game, TACO CAT GOAT CHEESE PIZZA. Santa Elf Cookie Candy Snowman is a perfect stocking stuffer and ...

Eerie noises wake you up in the middle of the night. OoOOoo . . .Thud. Boom.One by one, ghostly figures begin to appear from beneath your bed. You hurriedly grab all of the lucky charms that you have been collecting just for this kind of situation. Using...

Ready, set, BUILD! Gather your friends and family and get ready to build your blocks as best you can or take a wild guess at some cube-tastic creations. One person will be the guesser while everyone else picks a secret item from their list and gets ...

Strategy Game with Pattern Recognition

Elements gather energy in unique patterns, challenging you with finding the ideal route to balance and harmony. Earth digs deep, Water flows wide, Fire rises high, Wind blows freely, and Void slips between the rest. Can you gain the understanding you...

Settle in for a rollicking time at the Yawning Portal tavern with the Dungeons and Dragons: The Yawning Portal game—a fresh take on the D&D experience for both D&D experts and newcomers! This iconic inn attracts fascinating adventurers with one thing...

Dungeons & Dragons - The Yawning Portal

Retro themed games with Pattern Recognition

Mechanisms:• Acting• Elapsed Real Time Ending• Hidden Roles• Pattern Recognition• Role Playing• Storytelling

Welcome to Mysterium Park!...with its cotton candies, its circus, and its dark secrets.The park's former director has disappeared, but the investigation came to nothing. Since that night, weird things are happening on the fairground. As psychics, you...

Get in your way-back machine and check out the groovy stylings of Retro Loonacy. Match up the old-timey objects, like lava lamps, rotary telephone, or ray-gun, alongside older versions of things you might still know, like the skateboard, refrigerator...

Card Game with Pattern Recognition

Pantone - The Game

Twin It! Board Games Edition

Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza - On the Flip Side

Pack-O-Game: SOW - Reap What You Grow

Whoosh - Bounty Hunters

Maiden in the Forest, The

Dinosaur Tea Party

Pattern Recognition and Square Grid games

In less than 15 minutes, players must succeed in arranging as many gardens as possible, always composed of the same 36 tiles, but responding to different rules from one round to another.Everyone must deduce the rules in force by observing where the ...

LATICE HAWAII combines simple rules with evolving complexity for a unique game that’s easy to learn, quick to play, with strategic potential to last a lifetime. Be the first to play all of your tiles. Play faster by matching tiles on two or more sides...

As another sun sets and the pale moon rises over the ancient proving grounds, the bravest and wiliest creatures gather for the Klash - the ultimate test of wits and ability!Kombo Klash is a tactical tile laying and combo scoring game for 2-4 players....

After a long hike through the woods, you finally find the perfect place to set up your camera: a lush meadow. A green sea of grass rolls gently in the wind, spotted with flowers opening up to morning dew and gentle sunlight, and flocks of butterflies...

Dice Game with Pattern Recognition

Roland Wright: The Dice Game

Runika and the Six-Sided Spellbooks

Set a Watch: Swords of the Coin

Pattern Recognition and Deduction games

Zendo (2nd Edition)

A Message From the Stars

Pictures - Orange Expansion

Pattern Recognition and Pattern Building games

Players create squares with 4 corner dots of their secret color in this challenging, strategy game. The bigger the square, the greater the points! Play alone or in teams and win with the most points!

Pack-O-Game: BOX - Four Points, For Points

Simple and tactical at the same time. Qawale finds its inspiration in the piles of pebbles found along paths. Like these meandering stones, prepare to be transported by the many twists and turns of this incredible game. 1 Game Board 9 Light-colored Pebbles...

Pattern Recognition and Hand Management games

Mysterium: Hidden Signs Expansion

5211 - Azul Special Edition

Paranormal Detectives

Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends - Nethervoid Expansion Deck

Here, Kitty, Kitty!

Mysterium: Secrets & Lies Expansion

Stars are Right, The

Pattern Recognition games published by Blue Orange Games

In Spot It! There is always only 1 matching symbol between any 2 cards. Spot it first and you win!30 cards, 5 quick party games, for 1 to 5 players ages 3 to adult.

Spot It! Is a game of observation and quick reflexes for all! There is always only 1 matching symbol between 2 cards! Spot it first and you win! Spot It! Has 5 different ways to play, and this version of spot it features classic icons, items, and characters...

Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza is sure to bring some card slapping belly laughs to your table. The best thing about it? Anyone can play! Find out why everyone is RAVING about this TOP SELLING game and get in on the action! It’s FAST, FUN & FRIENDLY…the ...

Gobble Up, Line Up 4 Gobblets in a Row and win! Gobblet is the Multiple Award-Winning, Fun Game of Strategy. As easy as Tic-Tac-Toe, Gobblet can be learned in a few seconds and is fun to play again and again. Beautifully crafted, Gobblet is entirely...

Ancient Civilization themed games with Pattern Recognition

Rosetta: The Lost Language is a co-operative judgement game for two or more players.In the game, players take on the role of experts who try to understand the written language of the author, a player who represents a lost individual, community, or civilizatio...

Rosetta - The Lost Language

We are in ancient Egypt and the pharaoh has sent for the most gifted architects in his realms. As one of the chosen architects you have to try to build the most remarkable gravesite for your pharaoh, but if your goal is too lofty or you are too slow...

Pyramid's Deadline, The

Pattern Recognition games published by HCM Kinzel

Shift your brain into high gear with this clever game of speed and perception. Players compete to recreate a pattern on a card with their set of 5 blocks. Simple, or is it? Play alone or up to 4 players. 1. Take a set of 5 blocks. 2. Flip a pattern card...

Escape the Room games began as digital adventures and quickly turned into real-life events all around the world where players are locked in a room and must uncover clues and hidden objects to escape.The year is 1913 and you are the lucky winner of a ...

Escape the Room games began as digital adventures and quickly turned into real-life events all around the world where players are locked in a room and must uncover clues and hidden objects to escape.It's 1869 and the town's well-respected astronomer ...

Pattern Recognition games published by Iello

How quick and careful are your hands as you attempt to become the new Master Fox?It's a frantic race of tactile recognition as you hurry to capture the correct loot.Be the best at completing each mission as new tricks are added to the mix.Contents:4...

Cthulhu has been awakened, and now, it’s time to eat! The Ancient One spreads his tentacles and devours anything he can grab! Sticky Cthulhu takes the fun of Sticky Chameleon in a version more insane than ever!Roll the dice, catch (and eat) the Cultists...

Pattern Recognition games published by Galápagos Jogos

One key is a light and smart game for all kinds of players. It provides a fresh new cooperative experience based on visual association and deduction, with uniquely shaped and richly illustrated cards. One key is best played with its free app. It features...

In the Inuit language, Tukilik is used to define an object that carries a message. The northern landscapes are densely populated with such objects. The most well-known of these is certainly the inukshuk.During each turn, you will attempt to construct...

Spot the match among your favorite Disney and Pixar characters in this special Disney 100 edition of the classic Spot It! Game: the game of observation and quick reflexes for all ages! Be the first to name the only matching symbol between two cards ...

Braintopia Beyond is the follow-up to the fast-paced brain bender that tests your mental focus, flexibility, and speed. Comprised of eight different types of challenges, up to six players race through a deck of cards, fighting to keep up with the ever...

Pattern Recognition games designed by Vlaada Chvátil

Pattern Recognition games designed by Andrea Crespi

Dear Students,It's time for the final exams of the Potions class! The rules are always the same: take an Ingredient marble from the Dispenser and watch the others fall. If you connect marbles of the same color, they explode...and you can take them, too...

Potion Explosion (2nd Edition)

Note: This is a Spanish-language item and contains no English components unless stated in the condition note.It’s never too late to add to your magical education, and The Fifth Ingredient expansion for Potion Explosion gives you a chance to go back ...

Potion Explosion - Fifth Ingredient (Spanish Edition)

Pattern Recognition and Dexterity games

Pakal is a real-time sliding-puzzle game in which each player has a 4x4 grid filled with 15 blocks, some of which have a solid color on them and some of which are clear. Each round, an objective card is revealed, then players slide their blocks in the...

You gotta be lightning-fast, in this wildly nutty party game! Flip two cards and watch for exactly four matching nut pictures. If you see a set of four, grab the nut token with the same face, right out from under other player’s noses! But “Nut So Fast...

In TOKYO JUTAKU you will take on the role of a famous or emerging Japanese architect with the goal of building small homes on a strange or limited size property.In this real time dexterity game, players will build with geometric pieces to stack up to...

Pattern Recognition games illustrated by Monsters Pit

Escape the Room: The Cursed Dollhouse

In The Cursed Dollhouse, players will explore a mysterious three-dimensional Dollhouse, solving highly challenging puzzles in search of a way to escape.Five rooms, each containing objects to investigate, secret items to discover, and multiple puzzles...

Cooperative Game

Mystery / Crime

Paper-and-Pencil

Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition and Storytelling games

Pattern Recognition and Real-Time games

Pit Crew is a lightning-fast game where up to three teams of players must work together to get their race car back onto the track as quickly as possible. There are no turns in Pit Crew, as cards can be played at any time, but teams need to work together...

Mage Academy is closed for the summer. On the last day, you stumbled upon a tantalizing (and definitely dangerous) book: Magical Recreational Aerial Explosive Devices and You, Volume I. Magic fireworks? Yes, please.In Skyrockets, players take turns to...

Spotlight is a cooperative game where you look for hidden pictures with a magic flashlight! Team up and go on a wild hunt for all the wacky characters hiding out there! Can you find enough to make it back home before the clock strikes bedtime?You start...

Aliens themed games with Pattern Recognition

Visitor in Blackwood Grove

A spacecraft crashes in Blackwood Grove, protected by a powerful forcefield. Why can some objects pass through the forcefield, but others are repelled?The alien Visitor invents the Pass Rule for the forcefield, and allies with the Kid against each government...

Science Fiction

Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition games designed by Jan Kirschner

Tudor

Become a Lord in the court of King Henry VIII in this worker-placement Eurogame for 2 to 4 players!Position your courtiers in audience chambers that each grant you access to a variety of game actions. Use actions to collect diplomatic resources to maneuver...

Pattern Recognition

Worker Placement

Pattern Recognition games designed by Aron West

Catacombs Cubes

In Catacombs Cubes, take on the role of a hero and help build the fantasy town of Stormtryne! Players draft wood cubes and use them to construct buildings for the town. Resource management, strategic tile placement, and contributions to the palace will...

Territory Building

Pattern Building

Pattern Recognition

Novel-based themed games with Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition games published by Swan Panasia Co., Ltd.

Can you trust your eyes? Is that actually what you see? Illusion is a raucous good time in which perception is everything and players must use a keen eye to decide what is reality and what is illusion in order to win. Who has the right perspective not...

The base game got a new coat of paint on the box. The tiles have remained the same in design. Sold millions of times, simple and always new: Carcassonne is the timeless classic game that inspires worldwide. Build up the landscape, deploy your meeples...

Checkpoint Charlie is a game of observation, deduction, and mental agility. Watch all the suspects carefully and find out which of them is the chief of spies using the clues that you and the other investigators uncover. Be the first to find the chief...

A murder has been committed, and the crime scene holds the clues as to what happened and who is responsible. A photo was taken just as the police arrived, but some rookie went and messed with the scene when your back was turned. It’s up to you to find...

Economic themed games with Pattern Recognition

Blume is a game about collecting flowers and selling them at the market. Platers plant and prune all while determining the value of each type of flower they’ll sell. Whoever makes the most from their flower sales wins the game!

Chain the crystals to break the curses.Mysterious and intriguing temples call for exploration by brave adventurers. Powerful arcane runes were hidden in these ancient and magical ruins protected by dark and deadly curses. As a Curse Breaker, you must...

What if Hollywood and the doomsters are wrong and the future is non-dystopian? No pandemic, zombies, or post-apocalyptic rubble? A more likely future is one in which free-market fortuneers explore the fringes of the achievable, in which scientists and...

Bid, bluff and buy up America’s legendary roadside real estate! As one of the five richest people in history, you already own all the big stuff in America. We’re talking the Golden Gate Bridge, Mount Rushmore, The Chrysler Building…you’ve got ‘em all...