This is a list of board games. 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, or see Category:Board games for a list of board game articles. A board game is a game played with counters or pieces that are placed on, removed from, or moved across a board (a premarked surface, usually specific to that game). ... Games may be classified and sub-classified according to many different criteria. ...

Two-player abstract strategy games

Main article: Abstract strategy game#List of 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. An abstract strategy game is a board game with perfect information, no chance, and (usually) two players. ... An abstract strategy game is a board game with perfect information, no chance, and (usually) two players. ...

Two-player games involving chance or hidden information

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Multi-player elimination games

Participants are typically eliminated before game end.

1313 Dead End Drive is a board game created by the Parker Brothers. ... Anti-Monopoly is a board game made by San Francisco State University Professor Ralph Anspach, in response to Monopoly. ... Attack! is a board game published by Eagle Games and created by Glenn Drove released in 2003. ... Axis and Allies and Axis & Allies redirects here. ... Blokus is an abstract strategy board game for two to four players, invented by Bernard Tavitian and published in 2000 by the Sekkoia company. ... The box of the first edition of the game. ... Bookchase® is a board game published by Art Meets Matter. ... Crash! The bankrupt game is an Italian card game created in 2003 by Giacomo Sottocasa and published by Rose & Poison, a small publisher of RPGs. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Diplomacy is a strategic board game created by Allan B. Calhamer in 1954 and released commercially in 1959. ... Finance is a game originally released in 1932 by Knapp Electric and later reissued by Parker Brothers. ... Ghettopoly is a Monopoly parody released in 2003. ... King Oil by Milton Bradley King Oil is a boardgame by Milton Bradley, created in 1974 and now long out-of-print. ... Monopoly is a board game published by Parker Brothers, an imprint of Hasbro. ... Risk is a commercial strategic board game, produced by Parker Brothers (now a division of Hasbro). ... Solarquest is a space-age real estate trading game published in 1985. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Strange Synergy is a card game published by Steve Jackson Games in which players build a team of super heroes to battle an opponents team. ... Summit was introduced in 1961 or 1962 by Milton Bradley as The Top Level Game of Global Strategy, and had done well enough to issue an updated model in 1971. ... Titan is an Avalon Hill fantasy board game for two to six players. ... War on Terror, The Boardgame is a satirical, strategic board game produced by TerrorBull Games. ...

European race games

Formula Dé is a board game that simulates formula racing (F1, CART, IRL). ... The Game of the Goose is thought to be the prototype for many of the commercial European race games of recent centuries. ... Hare and Tortoise is a German-style_board_game designed by David Parlett in 1974 first published by Intellect Games UK. It was 1978 released in Germany by Ravensburger where the game became a huge hit. ...

Multiplayer games without elimination

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

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Games of physical skill

Coordination, finesse, or other physical skills are necessary. Also known as dexterity games.

Blockhead! game, 1954 edition Blockhead! is a game invented in 1952 by Gerard and Alice DArcey in San Jose, California. ... Buckaroo is a game of physical skill, intended for children aged four and above. ... For the games with billiard balls, see Carom billiards, or Cue sport more generally. ... Chapayev (Game) (Russian: игра в Чапаева), a game played on a checkerboard, is widespread throughout all the territory of the former USSR, a unique hybrid of checkers and billiards. ... Crokinole is an action board game similar to caroms, shove hapenny or squails with elements of shuffleboard and curling reduced to table-top size. ... Hungry Hungry Hippos is a board game made for young children by Hasbro of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, under the brand of its subsidiary, Milton Bradley. ... Jenga is a game of physical and mental skill, marketed by Hasbro, in which players remove blocks from a tower and put them on top. ... A version of KerPlunk KerPlunk is a game first marketed by Ideal in 1967. ... Operation game with box, cards, money, plastic ailments, and operating table. Operation is a battery-operated game of physical skill that tests players hand-eye co-ordination. ... Perfection is a game by the Milton Bradley company. ... Polarity is a board game that requires strategic thinking and dexterity to control hovering magnetic discs. ... Subbuteo is a set of board games simulating team sports such as football, cricket, both codes of Rugby and hockey. ... category talk:redirects to Wiktionary Categories: | ... Buzz and Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket cheerleaders playing Twister using the floor of Alexander Memorial Coliseum. ... Villa Paletti is a board game of physical skill designed by Bill Payne and published in 2001 by Zoch Verlag. ...

Children's games

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

A simple race game that requires no ability to read or count, Candy Land has become something of a cultural icon in the U.S., where it is often the first board game played by children. ... Hey Pa! Theres a Goat on the Roof was a childrens board game issued by Parker Brothers in 1966. ... Hi Ho! Cherry-O is a board game made for preschool children by Hasbro of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, under its subsidiary, Milton Bradley. ... Ludo is a simple board game played mainly by children, in which each player must move their four tokens from their starting positions round the board to their final allocated position. ... Mouse Trap (originally titled Mouse Trap Game) is a board game first published by Ideal in 1963 for two or more players. ... Snakes and ladders, or Chutes and ladders, is a classic childrens board game. ... Connect Four (also known as Plot Four) is a two-player board game in which the objective is to be the first to get four of ones own discs in a line. ...

Gaming Systems

These are sets that can be used to play multiple games.

Icehouse pieces are pyramid-shaped gaming pieces invented by Andrew Looney and John Cooper in 1986, originally for use in the game of Icehouse. ... Piecepack concept and history Piecepack components from Mesomorph Games The piecepack is a set of game pieces used to design and play a wide variety of games. ... Stonehenge is the first anthology board game. ...

See also

• List of board wargames
• List of Japanese board games
• List of mancala games
• List of board game publishers

This is a list of board wargames by genre. ... This is a list of Japanese board games. ... Games in the mancala family include: // The most widely played games are probably: Pallanguzhi is played in Southern India with 2 x 7 stores. ... 999 Games - http://www. ...

External links

• Board Game Geek