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Board game

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.

Table of contents
1 Two-player abstract strategy games
2 Two-player games of chance
3 Multi-player elimination games
4 European race games
5 Multiplayer games without elimination
6 Modern Wargames
7 Games of physical skill
8 Children's games
9 Generic game sets
10 External links
11 Literature

Two-player abstract strategy games

In abstract strategy games, players know the entire game state at all times, and random generators such as dice are not used.

Classic two-player abstract strategy games

Modern two-player abstract strategy games

Two-player games of chance

Luck or hidden information may decide the outcome, but skill predominates.

Multi-player elimination games

Participants are typically eliminated before game end.

European race games

Multiplayer games without elimination

Everyone can play along to the end. These games are especially suited for mixed play with adults and children.

Modern Wargames

Accurate simulation of historical or hypothetical battles is an objective. (See also Table-top games.)

Games of physical skill

Coordination, finesse, or other physical skills are necessary.

Children's games

The rules are easy to learn and the outcome mostly or entirely due to chance.

Generic game sets

These are sets used to play various board games.

See also: History of Board Games, Solved board games, Computer Olympiad, Card game, Mind sport, Zillions of Games, List of board game publishers, List of Japanese board games, List of magazines, Games table desk.

External links

General

  • BoardGameWiki - a wiki dedicated to board games.
  • BoardGameGeek - a board gaming database; includes user reviews, strategies, and session reports.
  • Games-db - features a quite complete board game database

Specialist information

Game design

  • The Board Game Designers Forum - a forum for amateur and published board game designers with chats, workshops, competitions, news, game reviews and, of course, forums on design, prototyping, publishing and many other subjects.

Magazine

Gaming organizations

Play online

  • World of Board Games - about 50 board games to play online for free. A big community of active board gamers gather around this site.
  • Board Games - a collection of board games to play free online.

Literature


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