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Doublets or queen's game is an historical English tables game for two people which was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. Although played on a board similar to that now used for backgammon, it is a simple game of hazard bearing little resemblance to backgammon. Very similar games were played in mainland Europe, the earliest recorded dating ...
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 ]
Agon (or queen's guards or royal guards) is a strategy game invented by Anthony Peacock [1] of London, and first published in 1842. [2] It is a two-player game played on a 6×6×6 hexagonal gameboard, and is notable for being the oldest known board game played on a board of hexagonal cells.
Mississippi Queen is a German board game published by Goldsieber Spiele in 1997 that simulates a paddlewheel race down the Mississippi River in 1871. The game was also published in English by Rio Grande Games , and won several awards including the Spiel des Jahres .
For the Queen is a tabletop role-playing game by Alex Roberts about the dangerous journey of a queen's servants. The first edition was published by Evil Hat Productions in 2019, and the second edition was published by Darrington Press in 2024. [1] The game features themes of power, authority, femininity, love, loyalty, and betrayal.
Various action bonuses and excess resources discarded at the end of each player's turn earn Queen's Favor points, which are tracked along the Queen's Favor Track on the main board. The game ends one final turn after either the Hibernation Comb becomes full or a player uses all of their Hibernation Tokens, and the winner is the player with the ...
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.
Sleeping Queens is played with two decks: a blue deck of Queen cards with point values from 5 to 20, and a red deck of action and number cards. The twelve Queen cards are spread out face-down in the play area, and are said to be "sleeping". Five cards from the red deck are dealt to each player and the remaining deck is placed in the centre. [4]