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List of board games
This is a list of board games. This page classifies board games according to the concerns which might be uppermost for someone organizing a gaming event or party. See the article on game classification for other alternatives, or see Category:Board games for a list of board game articles.
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Two-player 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.
Classic two-player abstract strategy games
- Alquerque
- Chaturanga and its descendants:
- Draughts or Checkers
- Fox and geese
- Go
- Gomoku
- Hnefatafl
- Mak-yek
- Mancala and the numerous games of this family
- Three, Six and Nine Men's Morris
- Rhythmomachia
Modern two-player abstract strategy games
- Abalone (board game)
- Alak
- Andantino
- Arimaa
- Ataxx
- Breakthrough
- Cathedral
- Chinese checkers
- Connect Four
- Crossings
- Death Stacks
- Entropy (1977 and 1994 games)
- Epaminondas
- Fanorona
- Five Field Kono
- The Game of the Amazons
- The Gipf project games:
- Gobblet
- Gonnect
- Gounki
- Halma
- Havannah
- Heads and Tails
- Hex
- Hijara
- Kensington
- L Game
- Lines of Action
- Lotus
- Martian Chess (for two to six players)
- Malaika
- Mozaic
- Ninuki-renju
- Orbit
- Quarto
- Qubic
- Quoridor
- Pente
- Phutball
- Reversi
- Rhumb Line
- Spangles
- Tanbo
- Teeko
- Terrace
- Three Musketeers
- Thud
- Turnabout
- Trax
- TwixT
- Y
Two-player games of chance
Luck or hidden information may decide the outcome, but skill predominates.
- Backgammon
- Battleship
- CooperYoung (aka InterSect)
- Liu po
- Ludo
- Mastermind
- Mozaic
- Parcheesi and the other Cross and Circle games
- Senet
- Space Hulk
- Stratego
- Sugoroku
Multi-player elimination games
Participants are typically eliminated before game end.
European race games
- Circle of Knowledge
- Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix
- Formula Dé
- Galopp Royal
- Game of the Goose
- Game of Japan
- Great Baloon 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
Everyone can play along to the end. These games are especially suited for mixed play with adults and children.
- 18XX
- À la carte
- Acquire
- Adel Verpflichtet
- Afrikan tähti
- Aladdin's Dragons
- Alhambra
- Das Amulett
- Amun Re
- Atlantis
- Attribute
- Attika
- Auf Achse
- Barbarossa
- Basari
- Bauernschlau
- Billabong
- Bohnanza
- The Bridges of Shangri-La
- Buzzle
- Café International
- Campanile
- Can't Stop
- Canyon
- Capitol
- Carcassonne
- Careers
- Carolus Magnus
- Cartagena
- Casablanca
- Chameleon
- Chinatown
- Civilization
- Clans
- Cluedo (also known as Clue)
- Columbus
- Crayon Rails
- Cosmic Encounter
- Dicke Kartoffeln
- Domaine
- Drunter und Drüber
- Dschunke
- Duftende Spuren
- Ein Solches Ding...
- El Grande
- Elfenland
- Enchanted Forest
- Entdecker
- Evo (elimination is technically possible but unlikely)
- Extrablatt
- Favoriten
- Fearsome Floors
- Fische Fluppen Frikadellen
- Flying Dutchman
- Flusspiraten
- Forus
- Freebooter
- Get the Goods
- Giganten
- Girl Talk
- Goa
- Gold Rush
- Goldland
- Die Händler
- Hansa
- The Game of Life
- Hattrick
- High Society
- Highlanders
- History of the World
- Holiday AG
- Ingenious
- Intrige [sic]
- Jagd der Vampire
- Java
- Junta
- Kill Doctor Lucky
- Kingdoms
- Knock Out
- La Cittá
- Landslide — the ultimate game of presidential politics
- Lost Cities
- Löwenherz
- Die Macher
- Maharaja
- Manhattan
- Manitou
- Marracash
- Master Labyrinth
- Medici
- Medieval Merchant
- Medina
- Merchant of Venus
- Merchants of Amsterdam
- Mexica
- Mine a million — Dig for minerals, transport to town and get rich...
- Minos
- The Mob
- Modern Art
- Mole in the Hole
- Nautilus
- Neolithibum
- New England
- Paris Paris
- Pay Day
- Pfusch
- Pirate's Cove
- Pizarro & Co.
- Prendi e porta a casa
- Primordial Soup
- Princes of Florence
- Pueblo
- Puerto Rico
- Quo Vadis?
- Ra
- Rail Baron
- Ramses II
- Razzia
- Rette Sich wer Kann
- Robo Rally
- Römer
- Rummikub
- Saint Petersburg
- Samurai
- San Marco
- Settlers of Catan
- Schraumeln
- Schweinsgalopp
- Scotland Yard
- Scrabble
- Serenissima
- Seven Deadly Sins
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
- Showmanager
- Spiel der Türme
- Sternen Himmel
- Sticheln
- Stock Ticker
- Super Quiz
- Taj Mahal
- Tal der Könige
- Take it Easy
- Terra X
- Through the Desert
- Ticket to Ride
- Tigris & Euphrates
- Tikal
- Timberland
- Top Secret Spies
- Torres
- Traders of Genoa
- TransAmerica
- Tutankhamen
- Tycoon (board game)
- Union Pacific
- Vernissage
- Verräter
- Vinci
- Was Sticht?
- Web of Power
- Wind & Wetter
- Zombies!!!
Games of physical skill
Coordination, finesse, or other physical skills are necessary.
- Carabande
- Caroms
- Crokinole
- Jenga
- Subbuteo
- Villa Paletti
Children's games
The rules are easy to learn and the outcome mostly or entirely due to chance.
- Ab Die Post!
- Candy Land
- Chicken Cha Cha Cha
- Hallo Dachs!
- Hungry Hungry Hippos
- Husch Husch kleine Hexe
- Loopin' Louie
- Ludo
- Mouse Trap
- Piepmatz
- Die Ritter von der Haselnuß
- Snakes and ladders
- Sorry
- Verflixt Gemixt
Generic game sets
These are sets used to play various board games.
See also
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