A board game is a game for one or more players played with a premarked surface and game counters. This page classifies board games according to the concerns which might be uppermost for someone organizing a gaming event or party. See the article on game classification for other alternatives.
For games which revolve around forming letters into words, see Word games.
For games which can comfortably accommodate ten players, see Party games.
In computer related context board games are sometimes called Traditional games.
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