… They also are not role playing games like Dungeons & Dragons or collectible card games like Magic the Gathering. Nor are they purely social games either (such as Apples to Apples or Pictionary). These games are fresh, new, and stimulating strategy boardgames featuring intriguing game play mechanisms, shorter playing times, rules that are relatively easy to learn, continuous player involvement, little or no player  elimination, and engaging depth of play. And, not to be forgotten, these games m …