A board game puzzle is any puzzle more or less closely related to a board game. Accordingly there is a separate category of board game puzzles for each board game. A puzzle is a problem or enigma presented as entertainment that is written down, acted out, etc. ...
The most famous categories are:
chess-type problems
Go problems
Scrabble problems
solitaire-type puzzles (using pegs, not cards)
Chess-type problems use the standard chess board or a variation of the standard chess board some or all of the chess pieces some or all of the chess rules However, chess-type problems may contain board setups that do not occur in an ordinary chess game. ... Whereas the word solitaire game in context with a game originally simply meant that a game is designed to be played by one player only, the game solitaire, especially peg solitaire is such an old game that the word solitaire has become closely associated with this special game. ...