National Games & Puzzles Week

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Across
  1. 1. Decorative tile-based game developed in 19th Century China; tiles feature Chinese characters and symbols
  2. 2. 2021 web-based word game where you have 6 attempts to guess a 5 letter word; acquired by NYT in 2022
  3. 7. Board game for 2 or 4 players featuring Rube Goldberg machine gameplay; players are rodents
  4. 9. Board game based on ancient Indian Pachisi where players move 3 to 4 pieces around the board to get "home"
  5. 11. Nintendo social simulation video game where players live in a village of anthropomorphic animals
  6. 12. Multi-player competitive board game where players take on the roles of settlers and build with resources
  7. 15. One of the most popular gambling card games where players ante and wager based on who has the best hand
  8. 17. 2016 farm life simulation video game where you inherit your deceased grandfather's dilapidated farm
  9. 19. Deck card game that spoofs table-top gameplay where the goal is to have the most powerful character possible
  10. 21. Word-based search and find game where words can be forwards, backwards, up, down, and diagonal
  11. 22. 2011 sandbox action-adventure video game featuring a 2D world where players explore, fight, gather, and craft
  12. 23. Card-based party game featuring a hand of 7 red cards with nouns that play to 1 green card with an adjective
  13. 28. Deck card game featuring Defuse cards and cute combustible felines
  14. 29. 2016 mobile AR video game by Nintendo using GPS to find, catch, train, and fight characters
  15. 30. Lettered square tile-based game where Q and Z are worth 10 points
Down
  1. 1. 2011 sandbox video game developed by Mojang Studios; 3D world w/ infinite terrain made up of voxels
  2. 3. Word-guessing board game where players draw for one another charades-style
  3. 4. Genre of mostly single-player card games where the aim is to arrange the cards in a systematic order
  4. 5. Numbered tile-based game for two to four players combining elements of Rummy and Mahjong
  5. 6. Adult card-based party game, launched from a Kickstarter in 2011, with politically incorrect content
  6. 8. 2020 action role-playing video game set in an anime-style fantasy open world called Teyvet
  7. 10. Economics board game featuring properties, money, and dice where you can end up in jail and collect salaries
  8. 13. Football simulation video game by EA Sports; best-selling sports video game franchise in the world
  9. 14. 2017 online video game by Epic Games with 7 distinct game modes; avatars are very customizable
  10. 16. Acronym for action-adventure video game series developed by Rockstar Games; synonym for stealing cars
  11. 18. 2020 first-person tactical hero shooter video game by Riot Games; inspired by Counter-Strike series
  12. 20. Online multiplayer platformer featuring user-created games and a robust virtual economy centered on Robux
  13. 23. 2019 battle royale-hero shooter video game by Respawn and EA; set in the same universe as Titanfall
  14. 24. 2011 Elder Scrolls V; action role-playing video game where players are the character known as the Dragonborn
  15. 25. Word-based puzzle game that you're playing right now
  16. 26. Strategy board game developed in 548 BCE using black and white circular stones; AKA baduk in Korea
  17. 27. 1971 colorful card game with Number, Skip, Reverse, Wild, Draw 2, and Wild Draw 4 cards