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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. Single-player board games [ edit ]
Sequential game: A game is sequential if one player performs their actions after another player; otherwise, the game is a simultaneous move game. Perfect information: A game has perfect information if it is a sequential game and every player knows the strategies chosen by the players who preceded them. Constant sum: A game is a constant sum ...
Blowing through a pat-kulal, a toy pipe made of leaves. Ploughing with a toy plough. Playing with toy windmills made from palm leaves. Playing with toy measures made from palm leaves. Playing with toy carts. Playing with toy bows. Guessing at letters traced with the finger in the air or on a friend's back. (letters in the Brahmi script)
N-in-a-row games involve placing and/or moving pieces on a game board attempting to create a layout of N pieces in a straight line (often N=3, but not always). Positional games involve only playing pieces, with no movement or captures afterwards. Many of these positional games can also be played as paper and pencil games, and these are marked ...
The Phone Home Game. The contestant and a preselected home viewer competing via telephone teamed to attempt to win up to $15,000. Before the game began, the home viewer was given a list of the actual prices for each of seven grocery items. The items were then described to the contestant and the home viewer gave a price for one of the items.
The rules are simple, no one is ever eliminated, and the play is fast. A typical game, without any expansions, takes about 35 minutes to play. There is a substantial luck component to the game; however, good tactics greatly improve one's chances of winning. Examples of tactical considerations include: Conserving followers. Since each player has ...
A Eurogame, also called a German-style board game, German game, or Euro-style game (generally just referred to as board games in Europe ), is a class of tabletop games that generally has indirect player interaction and multiple ways to score points. [1] Eurogames are sometimes contrasted with American-style board games, which generally involve ...
A piece in hand is one currently not in play on the gameboard, but may be entered into play on a turn. Examples are captured pieces in shogi or Bughouse chess, able to be dropped into play as a move; or pieces that begin the game in a staging area off the main board, as in Ludo or Chessence. in play A piece active on the main board, not in hand ...