List of board games
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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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[edit] 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.
[edit] Two-player games involving chance or hidden information
- Backgammon
- Battleship
- The Cross and Circle game family
- Daldøs
- Ghosts
- Guess Who?
- Isis & Osiris
- Kingdoms
- Liu po
- Magestones
- Mastermind
- Mozaic
- Nabuko Generals and Conquerors
- Obsession
- Reversi
- Sáhkku
- Senet
- Space Hulk
- Star Wars Epic Duels
- Stratego
- Sugoroku
- Tâb
- Tantrix
- Wari
- Zoki Games
[edit] Multi-player elimination games
Participants are typically eliminated before game end.
- 1313 Dead End Drive (game)
- Anti-Monopoly
- Attack!
- Axis & Allies
- Bang!
- Blokus
- Blue Max
- class Struggle
- Crash! The bankrupt game
- Diplomacy
- Family Business
- Finance
- King Oil
- Monopoly
- Poleconomy
- Risk
- Spy Alley
- Star Wars Epic Duels
- Strange Synergy
- TEG - Plan Táctico y Estratégico de la Guerra
- The War on Terror
- Titan
- Solarquest
- Summit
- Explorium: a Gold Rush game
- Zoki Games
[edit] 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'
[edit] Multiplayer games without elimination
Everyone can play along to the end. These games are especially suited for mixed play with adults and children.
- 18XX
- 221B Baker Street
- 30 Seconds
- À la carte
- Acquire
- Acronymble
- Adel Verpflichtet
- Afrikan tähti
- Aladdin's Dragons
- Alhambra
- Das Amulett
- Amun Re
- Atlantis
- Attribute
- Attika
- Auf Achse
- Australia
- Barbarossa
- Basari
- Bauernschlau
- Billabong
- Bohnanza
- (This Game Is) 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
- Chameleon
- Chinatown
- Chopper Never Plead Guilty
- Chrononauts
- Civilization
- Clans
- Cluedo (also known as Clue)
- Coloretto
- Columbus
- Cranium
- Crayon Rails
- Crosstrack
- Cosmic Encounter
- Caylus
- Da Vinci Game, The
- Debate This
- Dicke Kartoffeln
- Domaine
- Don't Quote Me
- Drunter und Drüber
- Dschunke
- Duftende Spuren
- Dune
- Ein Solches Ding...
- El Grande
- Elfenland
- Enchanted Forest
- Entdecker
- Evo
- Extrablatt
- Farlander
- Favoriten
- Fearsome Floors
- Figure It Out
- Fireball Island
- Fische Fluppen Frikadellen
- Flying Dutchman
- Flusspiraten
- Fluxx
- Forus
- Freebooter
- The Game of Life
- Get the Goods
- GiftTRAP
- Giganten
- Girl Talk
- Go (modern board game)
- Goa
- Gold Rush
- Goldland
- Die Händler
- Hansa
- Hattrick
- High Society
- Highlanders
- History of the World
- Holiday AG
- Imperial
- Ingenious
- Intrige [sic]
- Jagd der Vampire
- Java
- Journey through Europe
- [[Junta (game)|Junta]
- Kill Doctor Lucky
- Kingdoms
- Knock Out
- Korg 70,000 B.C.
- La Cittá
- Landslide
- The London Game
- Life (board game)
- Lost
- 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
- Minos
- The Mob
- Modern Art
- Mole in the Hole
- Nautilus
- Neolithibum
- New England
- Outrage!
- Paris Paris
- parcheesi
- Pay Day
- Personal Preference
- Pfusch
- Pictionary
- Pirate's Cove
- Pizarro & Co.
- Power Grid
- 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
- Rheinlander
- Ricochet Robots
- Rivers, Roads & Rails
- Robo Rally
- Römer
- Rummikub
- Rummoli
- Saint Petersburg
- Samurai
- San Marco
- The Secret Door
- Settlers of Catan
- Schraumeln
- Schweinsgalopp
- Scotland Yard
- Scattergories
- Scrabble
- Serenissima
- Seven Deadly Sins
- Shadows over Camelot
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
- Showmanager
- Skirrid
- Sorry!
- 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
- Totopoly
- Tracks to Telluride
- Traders of Genoa
- TransAmerica
- Trivial Pursuit
- Trouble
- Tutankhamen
- Tycoon (board game)
- Union Pacific
- Vanished Planet
- Vernissage
- Verräter
- Vinci
- Was Sticht?
- Web of Power
- Wind & Wetter
- You Haven't Changed A Bit
- Zoki Games
- Zombies!!!
[edit] Games of physical skill
Coordination, finesse, or other physical skills are necessary. Also known as dexterity games.
- Blockhead!
- Carabande
- Carrom
- Chapayev
- Crokinole
- Hungry Hungry Hippos
- Jenga
- Twister
- Operation
- Perfection
- Polarity
- Subbuteo
- Villa Paletti
- Hamsterrolle
[edit] 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
- 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 (aka Chutes and Ladders)
- Verflixt Gemixt
- Zoki Games
[edit] Generic game sets
These are sets used to play various board games.
- Icehouse pieces
- Piecepack
- You've Been Sentenced!
[edit] See also
- List of board wargames
- List of Japanese board games
- List of mancala games
- List of board game publishers