Lego board games

Throughout the history of the Lego company, they have published many board games based around current product themes. The games were made by Rose Arts until the company was bought by the Lego Groups main competitor, MegaBloks.

In July 2009, Lego launched Lego Games, a range of new board games on its website: http://games.lego.com

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Lego Creator

Lego Creator
The Race to Build it Board Game!
Designer(s) A. Eddie Goldfarb
Illustrator(s) unknown
Publisher(s) Lego
Rose Art
Players 2 - 4
Playing time 30 minutes

Lego Creator is perhaps the best known Lego Board game. In the game, players compete to finish building their model from a set of instructions first. Pieces are collected by rolling the dice, and following the instructions on the square, for example, "Take Two White Bricks". A Deluxe version is also available.


Lego Racers

Lego Racers
Super Speedway Game
Designer(s) unknown
Illustrator(s) unknown
Publisher(s) Rose Art (RoseArt)
Warren Industries, Inc.
Players 2-4
Playing time 30 minutes

In Lego Racers, players Build their own race track out of cardboard pieces, then take turns spinning the wheel to move their car. There are also various power-ups on the track that players can pick up and attach to their car.


Time Cruisers

Lego Time Cruisers
Designer(s) Jonah Cagley and Scott Leddy
Illustrator(s) Unknown
Publisher(s) Rose Art (RoseArt)
Warren Industries, Inc.
Players 2-4
Playing time 30 minutes

In the Time Cruisers board game, players compete to bring back one artifact from each of the four time periods shown on the board. The artifacts must all be able to attach to the player's minifigure. For example, only one headgear item may be picked up.


LEGO Bionicle: The Quest Game

LEGO Bionicle
The Quest Game
Publisher(s) University Games
Players 2-6

Bionicle: The Quest has been released multiple times to suit the current Bionicle products. The latest version's description from the publisher's website: "The evil Piraka have invaded the island of Voya Nui and are now on the hunt for the powerful Mask of Life. Take up the Toa Inika mission to find the Mask before the Piraka. Traverse the island carefully, and be ready to go to battle along the way. Includes 6 exclusive collectible Toa Inika game pieces, a double-sided game board, a Protodermis ball launcher with Zamor sphere, a Piraka target, 50 Quest cards and a die."


Heroica

LEGO Heroica
The Quest Game
Publisher(s) unknown
Players 2-6

Heroica:A LEGO Games subtheme released in June 2011. It was originally spotted at a 2011 Toy Fair. It is an adventuring game with modules that can be purchased separately from each other. This is the first ever subtheme of LEGO Games. Each game can be played separately or in conjunction, creating larger and more elaborate adventures.

Orient Expedition

Orient Expedition
Unknown
Designer(s) unknown
Illustrator(s) unknown
Players 2-4
Playing time 30 minutes

This board game is released with the theme Orient Expedition in 2004. Unlike other games, its pieces come in almost every Orient Expedition set. 6 minor sets, 2 for each area, will come with game cards while 3 sets, the major sets will come with the board and dice. The game uses cards, minifigures and the sets itself to play. Lego Treasure Quest is a game were players have to find keys in a room.

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