• Baloot4 playersHokom, Sun and projects, to 152.
• Jackaroo4 playersA race round the board, basic rules.
• Jackaroo Complex4 playersDiwaniya rules: King moves 13, Five moves any piece.
• Kout Bo 44 playersBidding with two jokers, to 101.
• Kout Bo 66 playersKout for six, in two teams of three.
• Tarneeb4 playersBid your tricks and pick trump, to 41.
• Hand4 playersOpen with 51 and go out first.
• Saudi Hand4 playersHand with an opening minimum that rises.
• Domino4 playersPartnership double-six, to 100.
• Ludo2 to 4 playersThe dice race: bring all four pieces home.
• Tanj2 playersCompetitive patience for two; break a rule and get stopped.
• Leekha4 playersDodge the hearts, the Q♠ and the 10♦.
• Bint al-Sbeet4 playersEach for themselves, with doubling and minus, to 151.
• Seven of Diamonds4 playersBuild the rows up from the sevens, to 500.
• Konkan2 to 5 playersOpen with 51, and win it all with a Konkan in the last round.
• Banakil2 or 4 playersRummy with wild twos, to 222.
• Sheesh Besh2 playersClassic backgammon: hit lone checkers and bear off first.
• Mahbusa2 playersAll checkers start on one point; a lone checker is pinned.
• Tawla 312 playersOne checker closes a point, no hitting, match to 31.
• Basra2 or 4 playersTake floor cards by rank or sum and score basras, to 121.
• Ronda2 or 4 playersMoroccan fishing with the Spanish pack: take a twin and the run above it.
• Chess2 playersClassic chess against a bot, with a clock each.
• Dama2 playersTurkish draughts: forward and sideways, capture the most you can.
• Omani 616 or 4 playersWin most of the amwal and give away your six outside cards first.
• Trix4 playersFour kingdoms of five contracts, chosen by each owner.
• Trix Complex4 playersTwo contracts a kingdom: Complex with every penalty, then Trix.
• Trix Complex Partnership4 players in two teamsTrix Complex in two teams, partners opposite.
• 4004 playersEach player bids alone, hearts always trump, to 41.
• Syrian Tarneeb 414 playersEach player bids alone, trump from the dealer's card, to 41.
• Tarneeb Masrawy4 playersBid tricks with a suit or no-trump, and double the opponents.
• Tarneeb Este'mar3 playersThree players with targets of 8, 5 and 3; whoever falls short pays cards.
• Estimation4 playersEstimate your tricks exactly; hit it and you win.
• Solitaire1 or 2 playersKlondike turning three, against a fifteen minute clock.
• Minesweeper1 or 2 playersOpen the safe squares; each number counts the mines around it.
• Russian Hand2 to 4 playersRummikub with cards: meld and rearrange the table.
• Azneef2 or 4 playersAll Fives: score whenever the open ends make a multiple of 5.
• Barsees2 playersThe cowrie game: take four pieces round and into the kitchen.
• Snakes and Ladders2 to 4 playersClimb the ladders, dodge the snakes, reach 100 first.
• Okey 1014 or 2 playersOpen with 101 or five pairs; the lowest total wins.
• Burako4 in two teams or 2Build projects, take your 100 and close the round, to 1500.
• Kasra4 playersFour kingdoms: Complex, Tarneeb, Lattoshin and Trix.
• Complex CC4 playersTrix Complex without Trix: every deal is Complex.
• Oghlan2 or 4 playersTake cards that make 11 with yours; the jack takes all but queens and kings.
• Spider Solitaire1 or 2 playersBuild eight runs from king to ace, in thirty minutes.
• Two-Player Domino2 playersSeven tiles each and a boneyard, to 100.
• Solo Hand4 playersHand, each for themselves: go down with 51; lowest total wins.
• Solo Saudi Hand4 playersSaudi Hand, each for themselves: the minimum rises with every opening.

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