logic/math based games?

[Paul Dale]

Off the top of my head:

• Roborally: program your robot using cards to reach your destination. Robots shoot each other automatically (reducing program slots), the arena has fatal drops, moving terrain, stuff to spin robots around. There are plenty of games with a similar mechanic.
• Ricochet Robots: finding the shortest sequence of moves to get a robot to its goal. Simultaneous play with a time limit.
• Fifth Frontier War: strategic wargame where the different admirals have different planning horizons. Each fleet has to plan ahead but the number of turns is variable.
• Khet: moving pieces around a board trying to get a laser to hit the opponent's pieces. Chess with a extra dimension.
• Twixt: build a path from one side of the board to the other while blocking your opponent from doing the same. Pipeline is similar but in three dimensions and a random twist.
  

No doubt I've missed heaps.

I didn't include:

• Deduction games like Cludo or Mastermind.
• Solo puzzles like Sudoku.
• Ones we should know backwards like Nim.
• Non-games like Sprouts or Snakes & Ladders because they offer no decisions.
  

Pauli