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This is a list of board games. See the article on game classification for other alternatives, or see Category:Board games for a list of board game articles. Board games are games with rules, a playing surface, and tokens that enable interaction between or among players as players look down at the playing surface and face each other. [ 1 ]
Murder and mystery board games (1 C, 14 P) P. Party board games (41 P) R. Race games (2 C, 18 P) Railroad board games (1 C, 15 P) S. Science fiction board games (3 C ...
Most games use a standardized and unchanging board (chess, Go, and backgammon each have such a board), but some games use a modular board whose component tiles or cards can assume varying layouts from one session to another, or even during gameplay. game component See component. game equipment See equipment. game piece See piece. gameplay
David Parlett's Oxford History of Board Games (1999) defines four primary categories: race games (where the goal is to be the first to move all one's pieces to the final destination), space games (in which the object is to arrange the pieces into some special configuration), chase games (asymmetrical games, where players start the game with ...
A board game is any game played with a premarked surface, with counters or pieces that are moved across the board. Simple board games are often seen as ideal family entertainment as they can provide entertainment for all ages. Some board games, such as chess, have intense strategic value and have become lasting classics.
Ludo (/ ˈ lj uː d oʊ /; from Latin ludo '[I] play') is a strategy-based board game for two to four [a] players, in which the players race their four tokens from start to finish according to the rolls of a single die. Like other cross and circle games, Ludo originated from the Indian game Pachisi. [1]
Pages in category "C-Class board and table game articles" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 922 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Board games introduced in 1978 (1 C, 47 P) Board games introduced in 1979 (1 C, 65 P) Board games introduced in 1980 (78 P) Board games introduced in 1981 (65 P)