List of board games

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] Unlike digital games, player interaction is not mediated by a system in board games, and ultimately the essential difference between board games and digital games is the medium.[1]

## Single-player board games

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Some board games have solo variants, such as Arkham Horror and Agricola. Others are specifically designed for one player.

* Ambush Him!
* B-17, Queen of the Skies
* Fields of Fire

## Two-player abstract strategy games

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Main article: 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.[2]

## Two-player board games

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* A Game of War
* Abalone
* Agon
* Android: Netrunner
* Arimaa
* Asalto
* Backgammon
* BattleLore
* Battleship
* Blockade
* Blood Bowl
* Bul
* Camelot
* Chaturanga (Indian chess)
* Checkers
* Chess
* Commands & Colors: Ancients
* Connect Four
* Connect6
* Cross and circle game
* Daldøs
* Diamond
* Diceball!
* Doublets
* Downfall
* DVONN
* Draughts
* East Front
* English Game
* Fanorona
* Game of the Generals
* Ghosts
* GIPF
* Go
* Gobblet
* Gomoku
* Guess Who?
* Hare and Hounds
* Hounds and jackals
* Hex
* Hijara
* Irish
* Jacquet
* Janggi (Korean chess)
* Jaipur
* Kalah
* Kamisado
* Khet
* Liubo
* Lost Cities
* Mad Gab
* Makruk (Thai chess)
* Mancala
* Mastermind
* Matching game
* Napoléon à Austerlitz
* Nine men's morris
* Onyx
* Operation
* Ouk-Khmer (Cambodian chess)
* Oware
* Plateau
* PÜNCT
* Quarto
* Qwirkle
* Reversi (Othello)
* Rithmomachy
* Royal Game of Ur
* RSVP
* Sáhkku
* Santorini
* Sector 41
* Senet
* Shatar (Mongolian chess)
* Shatranj (Persian chess)
* Shogi (Japanese chess)
* Simon
* Sittuyin (Burmese chess)
* Skip-Bo
* Space Hulk
* Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game
* Stratego
* Suffragetto
* Sugoroku
* Summoner Wars (Second Edition)
* Ta Yü
* Tâb
* Tafl (Tablut)
* Tantrix
* Tak
* Twilight Struggle: The Cold War, 1945–1989
* Verquere
* Xiangqi (Chinese chess)
* YINSH
* ZÈRTZ

## Multi-player elimination board games

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Participants are typically eliminated before game end.

* 13 Dead End Drive
* 1313 Dead End Drive
* American Megafauna
* Anti-Monopoly
* Attack!
* Axis & Allies
* Bang!
* Battle Sheep
* Betrayal at House on the Hill
* Blokus
* Blood Feud in New York
* Blue Max
* Bookchase
* Castle Risk
* Clue Jr.: Case of the Missing Pet
* Coppit
* Diplomacy
* Djambi
* Doom: The Boardgame
* Eclipse: New Dawn for the Galaxy
* The Farming Game
* Finance
* Ghettopoly
* Glückshaus
* The Great Train Robbery
* Heroscape
* Hey, That's My Fish!
* Hotel
* Jenga
* King of Tokyo
* King Oil
* Ludo
* Mikado
* Monopoly
* Poleconomy
* Risk
* Shadow Hunters
* Shengguan Tu
* Shogun/Samurai Swords
* Solarquest
* Spy Alley
* Star Wars Epic Duels
* Star Wars Tactics
* StarCraft: The Board Game
* Strange Synergy
* Summit
* TEG
* Terakh
* Titan
* Tri-nim
* Triumph
* Tsuro
* Tsuro of the Seas
* War on Terror, The Boardgame

## European race games

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* Cartagena
* Chicken Cha Cha Cha
* Formula D
* Game of the Goose
* Hare and Tortoise
* Mississippi Queen
* Transformers

## Multiplayer games without elimination

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

* 18XX
* 221B Baker Street: The Master Detective Game
* 30 Seconds
* About Time
* Acquire
* Acronymble
* Afrikan tähti
* Agricola
* Air Charter
* Aksharit
* Aladdin's Dragons
* Alhambra
* Alias
* Amun-Re
* Arkham Horror
* Articulate!
* AtmosFear
* Auf Achse
* Australia
* Ave Caesar
* Azul
* Bailout! The Game
* Balderdash
* Barbarossa
* Battlestar Galactica
* Bezzerwizzer
* Blankety Blank
* Blood Rage
* Bonkers!
* Brain Chain
* Buccaneer
* Camel Up
* Candy Land
* Can't Stop
* Capitol
* Carcassonne
* Careers
* Caribbean
* Cartagena
* Caylus
* Chinese checkers (Sternhalma)
* Chowka bhara
* Chromino
* CirKis
* Civilization
* Clans
* Clue/Cluedo
* Codenames
* Coin Hopping—Washington D.C.
* Colt Express
* Concept
* Conspiracy
* Continuo
* Cosmic Encounter
* Catan (The Settlers of Catan)
* Cranium
* Crosstrack
* Dark Tower
* Dead of Winter: A Cross Roads Game
* Diamant
* Dixit
* Dominion
* Don't Miss the Boat
* Don't Quote Me
* Dorn
* Drunter und Drüber
* Dune
* Dungeons & Dragons
* El Grande
* Elfenland
* Enchanted Forest
* Entdecker
* Everdell
* Escape from Atlantis
* A Feast for Odin
* Fictionary
* Figure It Out
* Fireball Island
* Focus
* Fresco
* Game For Fame
* The Game of Life
* Gift Trap
* Giganten
* Girl Talk
* The Golf Game: Par Excellence
* The Great Train Robbery
* The Great Australian Road Trip
* GridIron Master
* Halma
* History of the World
* Hoity Toity
* Hooop!
* Hūsker Dū?
* I'm the Boss!
* Imhotep
* Imperial
* Indigo
* Ingenious
* Inkan aarre
* Java
* John Company
* Journey Through Europe
* Junta
* Karuba
* Keltis
* Kill Doctor Lucky
* Kingdomino
* Kingdoms
* Labyrinth
* Landslide
* Las Vegas
* Le Havre
* The LOGO Board Game
* The London Game
* Lords of Waterdeep
* Löwenherz
* Luck of the Draw
* Die Macher
* The Mad Magazine Game
* The Magic Labyrinth
* Mahjong
* Malefiz
* Mall Madness
* Manhattan
* Masterpiece
* Medici
* Medina
* Mensch ärgere Dich nicht
* Merchant of Venus
* Metro
* Mexica
* Mine a Million
* Modern Art
* Mutant Meeples
* Near and Far
* Niagara
* Omega Virus
* Ouija
* Outrage!
* Pack & Stack
* Pank-a-Squith
* Parcheesi
* Parqués
* Pay Day
* Personal Preference
* Pictionary
* Pirate's Cove
* Power Grid
* Primordial Soup
* The Princes of Florence
* Probe
* Puerto Rico
* Puzzle
* Qin
* The Quest of the Philosopher's Stone
* Quoridor
* Qwirkle
* Ra
* Rail Baron
* Railway Rivals
* Ricochet Robots
* Rivers, Roads & Rails
* RoboRally
* Rummoli
* Saint Petersburg
* Samurai
* San Marco
* Scattergories
* Scene It?
* Scotland Yard
* Scoundrels of Skullport
* Scrabble
* Scythe
* Sequence
* Shadows over Camelot
* Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective
* Skirrid
* Small World
* Snakes and Ladders
* Sorry!
* Splendor
* Squatter
* Stock Ticker
* Taj Mahal
* Take It Easy
* Take the Galaxy
* Terraforming Mars
* Terra Mystica
* Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization
* Through the Desert
* Thurn and Taxis
* Ticket to Ride
* Tigris and Euphrates
* Tikal
* Timberland
* Time's Up!
* Top Secret Spies
* Torres
* Totopoly
* Tracks to Telluride
* TransAmerica
* Travel Go
* Trivial Pursuit
* Trouble
* Twilight Imperium
* Ubongo
* Upwords
* Vanished Planet
* Vinci
* Wingspan
* Yahtzee
* Yut
* Yunnori
* Zombies!!!

## Economics strategy games

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Games involving scarce resources and strategy.

* Acquire
* Battleship
* Catan
* Diplomacy
* Hotel
* Junta
* Kolejka
* København
* Monopoly
* Power Grid
* Race for the Galaxy
* Risk
* Risk 2210 A.D.
* Root
* Sentinels of the Multiverse
* Squatter
* Ticket to Ride
* Triopoly

## Games of physical skill

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

* Blockhead!
* Buckaroo!
* Camp Granada
* Carrom
* Chapayev
* Crokinole
* Dart Wars
* Gnip Gnop
* Hungry Hungry Hippos
* Jenga
* Kerplunk
* Operation
* Perfection
* Polarity
* Subbuteo
* Twister
* Villa Paletti

## Children's games

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

* Candy Land
* Catan Junior
* Chicken Cha Cha Cha
* Clockit
* Don't Break the Ice
* Don't Wake Daddy
* Forbidden Bridge
* Hey Pa! There's a Goat on the Roof
* Hi Ho! Cherry-O
* Hungry Hungry Hippos
* The Kids of Catan
* Mouse Trap
* Snakes and Ladders (Chutes and Ladders)
* Space Hop

## Cooperative games

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Cooperative games in which all players need to work together to win.

* Arkham Horror
* Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
* Betrayal at House on the Hill
* Castle Panic
* Flash Point: Fire Rescue
* Forbidden Island
* Freedom: The Underground Railroad
* Gloomhaven
* Hanabi
* Just One
* Lord of the Rings
* Pandemic
* Sentinels of the Multiverse
* Shadows over Camelot
* Space Alert
* Spirit Island
* What Next?
* XCOM

## Word games

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These games are based on construction of words to score points.

* 25 Words or Less
* Acronymble
* Aksharit
* Alfapet
* Bananagrams
* The Big Taboo
* Boggle
* Kings Cribbage
* Lingo
* Mad Gab
* Pictionary
* Probe
* Scrabble
* Thiruthamizh
* Trickster
* Upwords
* Words with Friends

## Gaming systems

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

* Flibbix
* Hanafuda
* Icehouse pieces
* Stonehenge
* Piecepack

## See also

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* Games portal
* Lists portal

* Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year)
* Games 100
* List of board wargames
* List of Japanese board games
* List of mancala games
* List of board game publishers
* List of game manufacturers
* List of cross and circle games

## References

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1. ^ a b Bayeck, Rebecca Yvonne (August 2020). "Examining Board Gameplay and Learning: A Multidisciplinary Review of Recent Research". Simulation & Gaming. 51 (4): 411–431. doi:10.1177/1046878119901286. ISSN 1046-8781.
2. ^ Garcia, Dan; Bezakova, Ivona; Blank, Adam; Terrell, Neal (2021-03-05). "Teaching Computer Science with Abstract Strategy Games". Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. SIGCSE '21. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. pp. 1232–1233. doi:10.1145/3408877.3432572. ISBN 978-1-4503-8062-1.

## External links

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* Board Game Geek
* A Zen Guide to Board Games
* Gamerate Game database
* Board Games Land
* Board Game Theories