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There are many different types of board games. Many games simulate
aspects of real life. Popular games of this type include:
Monopoly, which simulates the real estate market ,Cluedo/Clue, which simulates a murder mystery
Risk, which simulates warfare
Other games only loosely, or do not at all, attempt to imitate reality.
These games include:
abstract strategy games like chess, checkers or go
race games like pachisi, mancala or backgammon
word games, like Scrabble
trivia games, like Trivial Pursuit.
combination games, like Brain Chain, which mix abstract strategy with
trivia.
Two-player games involving
chance or hidden information
Backgammon ,
Battleship ,The Cross and Circle game family ,Crash Tackle ,
Daldøs ,Dracula's Revenge ,Frankenstein's Children ,Ghosts ,Guess Who? ,
Isis & Osiris ,
Kingdoms ,
Liu po ,
Magestones ,
Mastermind ,
Mozaic ,
Nabuko Generals and Conquerors ,
Obsession ,
Sáhkku ,Senet ,
Space Hulk ,
Star Wars Epic Duels ,
Strata5 ,
Stratego ,
Sugoroku ,Tâb ,
Tantrix ,
Wari ,
Zoki Games ,
Multi-player elimination games with
Players eliminated before game end.
1313 Dead End Drive ,Anti-Monopoly ,
Attack! ,
Axis & Allies ,
Blokus ,
Blue Max ,
Bookchase ,
Class Struggle ,
Crash! The bankrupt game ,
Deflexion ,
Diplomacy ,
Explorium: a Gold Rush game ,
Finance ,
Ghettopoly ,
King Oil ,
Las Vegas The Board Game ,
Monopoly ,Poleconomy ,
Privateer ,
Risk ,Solarquest ,
Spy Alley ,
Star Wars Epic Duels ,Strange Synergy ,
Summit ,
TEG -
Strategic War games
Titan ,War on Terror ,
Zoki Games ,
European Race games
Circle of Knowledge ,
Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix ,
Formula Dé ,
Galopp Royal ,Game of the Goose ,
Game of Japan ,
Great Balloon Race ,
Hare and Tortoise ,
Jeu du Grand-Homme ,
Mississippi Queen ,
Peter Rabbit's Race Game ,Round the World with Nellie Bly ,
Streetcar ,
The Sun of Brunswick ,
Tour of Europe ,
Um Reifenbreite ,
Warhamster Rally ,
Yucata' .
Multiplayer games without elimination for adults and children..
Everyone can play along to the end
18XX ,
221B Baker Street ,
30 Seconds ,
À la carte ,
Acquire ,
Acronymble ,
Adel Verpflichtet ,
Afrikan tähti ,
Aladdin's Dragons ,
Alhambra ,
Amun-Re ,Atlantis ,
Attika ,Attribute ,
Auf Achse ,
Australia ,
Barbarossa ,
Basari ,Bauernschlau ,
Billabong ,
Bonkers! ,
Brain Chain ,
Break the Safe ,
The Bridges of Shangri-La ,
Buccaneer ,
Buzzle ,
Café International ,
Campanile ,
Can't Stop ,Canyon ,
Capitol ,
Carcassonne ,
Careers ,
Carolus Magnus ,
Cartagena ,Casablanca ,
Caylus ,
Chameleon ,
Chinatown ,
Chinese checkers ,
Civilization
Clans ,
Cluedo ,
Columbus ,
Cosmic Encounter ,
Cranium ,
Crayon Rails ,Crosstrack ,
Da Vinci Game, The ,
Dark Tower ,
Das Amulett ,
Debate This! ,Deflexion ,Dicke Kartoffeln ,
Domaine ,
Don't Quote Me ,
Drunter und Drüber ,Dschunke ,
Duftende Spuren ,
Dune ,
El Grande ,
Elfenland ,Enchanted Forest ,
Entdecker ,Evo ,Extrablatt ,
Farlander ,
Favoriten ,Fearsome Floors ,Figure It Out ,
Fireball Island ,
Fische Fluppen Frikadellen ,
Flying Dutchman ,Flusspiraten ,
Forus ,
Freebooter ,
Funagle ,
The Game of Life ,
Get the Goods ,
Gift TRAP ,
Girl Talk ,
Go,
Go For Broke ,
Goa ,
Gold Rush ,
Goldland ,GridIron Master ,
Die Händler ,
Hansa ,
Hattrick ,
High Society ,
Highlanders ,History of the World ,
Holiday AG ,
Imperial ,
Ingenious ,
Intrigue ,Jagd der Vampire ,
Java ,
Journey through Europe ,
JUMP ,
Junta ,
Kill Doctor Lucky ,
Kingdoms ,
Knock Out ,
Korg 70,000 B.C. ,
La Cittá ,Landslide ,
The London Game ,
Lost ,
Maharaja ,
Manhattan ,
Manitou ,
Marracash ,Master Labyrinth ,
Medici ,
Medieval Merchant ,
Medina ,
Merchant of Venus ,
Merchants of Amsterdam ,
Mexica ,
Mine a million ,
Minos ,
The Mob ,
Modern Art ,
Mole in the Hole ,
Nautilus ,
Neolithibum ,
New England ,
Outrage! ,
Paris Paris ,
Parcheesi ,Pay Day ,
Personal Preference ,
PervArtistry ,
Pfusch ,
Pictionary ,
Pirate's Cove ,
Pizarro & Co. ,
Power Grid ,
Primordial Soup ,
Princes of Florence ,
Pueblo ,Puerto Rico ,
Quo Vadis? ,
RA ,
Rail Baron ,
Ramses II ,
Razzia ,
Rheinlander ,Ricochet Robots ,
Righteous Game ,
Rivers, Roads & Rails ,
RoboRally ,
Römer ,
Rummikub ,
Rummoli ,
Saint Petersburg ,
Samurai ,San Marco ,The Secret Door ,
Sequence ,
Settlers of Catan ,
Scotland Yard ,Scattergories ,
Scrabble ,
Serenissima ,
Seven Deadly Sins ,
Shadows over Camelot
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective ,
Showmanager ,
Sixth Sense ,
Skirrid ,Sorry! ,
Spiel der Türme ,
Sternen Himmel ,
Sticheln ,
Stock Ticker ,
Super Quiz ,Taj Mahal ,
Take It Easy ,Terra X ,Through the Desert ,Ticket to Ride
Tigris & Euphrates ,
Tikal ,
Timberland ,
Top Secret Spies ,
Torres ,Totopoly ,
Tracks to Telluride ,
Traders of Genoa ,
TransAmerica ,
Trivial Pursuit ,Trouble ,
Tutankhamen ,
Union Pacific ,Vanished Planet ,
Vernissage ,
Verräter ,
Vinci ,
Was Sticht? ,
Web of Power ,
Wind & Wetter ,
You Haven't Changed A Bit ,Zoki Games ,
Zombies!!!
Physical skill & dexterity games where
Coordination, finesse, or other physical skills are necessary.
Blockhead! ,
Buckaroo ,
Carabande ,
Carrom ,
Chapayev , Charmed ,
Crokinole ,
Gnip Gnop ,
Hamsterrolle ,
Hungry Hungry Hippos ,
Jenga ,
Kerplunk ,
Operation ,
Perfection ,
Polarity ,
Rukshuk ,
Subbuteo ,
Topple ,
Twister ,Villa Paletti ,
Beruit ,
Children's games are
Easy to learn and with the outcome almost always due to
chance.
Ab Die Post! ,
Candy Land ,
Chicken Cha Cha Cha ,
Don't Break the Ice! ,
Don't Wake Daddy! ,
Hallo Dachs! ,
Hey Pa! There's a Goat on the Roof ,Hi Ho! Cherry-O ,
Husch Husch kleine Hexe ,Loopin' Louie ,
Ludo ,Mouse Trap ,Piepmatz ,
Die Ritter von der Haselnuß , Snakes and ladders ,Verflixt Gemixt .
Board games have been played in most cultures and societies throughout
history with counters or pieces that are placed
on "board" usually specific to that game. Simple board games often
make ideal "family entertainment" since they are often appropriate for
all ages.
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