Board Games
21 entries in the Board Games compendium.
ChessThe timeless game of strategy and intellect.GoAncient abstract strategy game of territory capture.BackgammonThe classic two-player game of strategy and luck, descended from 16th-century Irish.MonopolyOne seller, no substitutes, market power.ScrabbleEvery man dies; not every man truly Scrabbles.RiskThe possibility of something bad happening.CatanBuild, trade, and settle the island of Catan.DraughtsA strategy board game with mandatory captures and multiple international variants.ShogiJapanese chess with a unique drop rule.XiangqiA two-player strategy game from China, related to Western chess.DominoesTile-based games played with pieces marked with spots or blanks.CluedoCluedo, known as Clue in North America, is a murder mystery board game for three to six players, invented in…Trivial PursuitThe timeless classic and the godfather of trivia games.Ticket to RideThe world's highest-selling train game, where simple rules meet strategic route-building.CarcassonneTile-laying game set in medieval southern France.PandemicAn epidemic of an infectious disease spreading across a large region, affecting a substantial portion of the…DiplomacyThe art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of states or other international…StrategoA classic strategy board wargame of hidden ranks and Napoleonic warfare.ReversiA classic abstract strategy game from 1883.Snakes and laddersA classic race of luck and morality, where ladders lift virtue and snakes swallow vice.PachisiAncient Indian cross and circle board game.
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