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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.
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
- Circle of
Knowledge
- Game of the Goose
- Game of Japan
- Jeu du
Grand-Homme
- Peter
Rabbit's Race Game
- Round the World with Nellie Bly
- The Sun of
Brunswick
- Tour of Europe
Everyone can play along to the end. These games are especially suited for mixed play with adults and children.
Accurate simulation of historical or hypothetical battles is an objective.
Coordination, finesse, or other physical skills are necessary.
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- The Games Journal
- a boardgaming monthly; good source for in-depth
articles about boardgaming.
- Traditional Games
- includes information on classical games.
- Funagain Games - an online retailer; includes short profiles of many propriety
games.
- International Journal
for the Study of Board Games
- Boardgame Players Association
- World Boardgaming Championships
- 1970s Vintage Boardgames - UK 1970s rare vintage board games.
Literature
- The Boardgame Book, USA 1983, Exeter Books
- Sackson, Sid. A Gamut of Games. ISBN 0-486-27347-4
- Schmittberger, R. Wayne. New Rules for Classic Games. ISBN 0-471-53621-0
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