Brain Busting Word Board Games Several board games that revolve around words including word search types, crossword puzzle types, bluff word games, and others belong to the word board games genre. Scrabble is the most popular and most played word board game by people from around the world. Twenty nine different language versions of this game had been created and are sold in 121 countries. The game, designed for 2 to 4 players uses tiles...more
Board Games Utilizing Physical AbilitiesBoard games of Physical Skills otherwise known as dexterity games are those that necessitate physical and mental skills to triumph. They usually challenge the player or players both physically and mentally since they need finesse, dexterity, and coordination. The 140 year old Crokinole innovated by Eckhardt Wettlaufer of Canada is an exemplar on this type of games. The game is a blend of East Indian,...more
Playing in Two Player Board Games A number of board games are created to be played completely by only two individuals and never more. These are some board games that you can play along with your friend, wife or special someone. One of these games is the Abalone, which is a strategy game played using fourteen marbles for each player and set in a hexagonal board with 61 spaces. The game is played by driving the opponents marbles out of the game board. The Chinese Checkers, played on a star shaped game board, has an objective of moving ones pieces across the opposite side of the game board. The Othello is a game played on an 8 row and 8 column board also with two sets of pieces and its goal of retaining the most number of pieces at the end of the game. Other board games that can be played by only two players are Checkers, Suguroku, Kamisado, Stratego, Plateau, Obsession, Backgammon, Cross and Circle, and Downfall. The Defying Monopoly Board GameMonopoly is the best-selling and most played among the many board games in the United States and around the world with over 500 million people playing it. With Rich Uncle Pennybags or Mr. Monopoly as the mascot, the game was...more
Board Games Utilizing Physical AbilitiesBoard games of Physical Skills otherwise known as dexterity games are those that necessitate physical and mental skills to triumph. They usually challenge the player or players both physically and mentally since they need finesse, dexterity, and coordination. Examples of these games include Crokinole, an...more
Board Games for Get-together ActivitiesKnown as The Game for the Whole Brain, Cranium is a party board game of 4-16 people. This game is comprised of several activities and needs a player to have quite a few abilities. In 1998, Whit Alexander and Richard Tait created and published the game. There are two to four group divisions of the game with...more
Smart Deduction Board GamesDeductive board games involve logical thinking and intelligence in making judgments from a premise or set of premises. A central mechanic of these games would include deductive reasoning to win the game. The two expansive categories of deduction board games are investigation deductive game, a themed game and the abstract deductive game, a non-themed game. An example of abstract deductive board game is mastermind, a code-breaking game of 2 players acting as a code maker and code breaker. The code maker pins up pegs on the game board in a specific pattern and the objective of the game is for the code breaker to guess the pattern of the colored pegs. Another is an investigation game called the Cluedo, which players depict a certain character, has a murder crime scene setting and players try to find out who the suspect of the crime is. Other games that have the same genre include Black Box, Codam and Mystery Mansion. Helping out in Cooperative Board Games Cooperative board games enable players to work for a certain objective that could either be against another set of players or against the game. These games centers winning, losing, and performing as...more
Winning in Multi-player Elimination Board Games Most board games with several players have goals of eliminating the other participants at the end of the game like multi-player elimination board games. Every players social capacity is heightened...more
There comes a time in a college football's team path, which they realize that things are not going to go in a positive way in the upcoming season. This is the case for the Gamecocks of South Carolina. This is a sign that things are going to head in a...more
While the A.L. starters were fairly predictable, the N.L. starters based on fan voting was capricious and difficult to anticipate. Let's take a look at the National League starters for this year's all-star game. Catcher - Yadier Molina, St. Louis...more
The Challenging Monopoly Board GameMonopoly is the best-selling and most played among the many board games in the United States and around the world with over 500 million people playing it. With Rich Uncle Pennybags or Mr. Monopoly as the mascot,...more
Enjoyment with Childrens Board GamesChildren have innate instinct to play that is why there are board games are created to suit every kids preference and ability. These games can bring amusement to the whole family when played together with...more
Brain Busting Word Board Games Several board games that revolve around words including word search types, crossword puzzle types, bluff word games, and others belong to the word board games genre. Among the many board games, Scrabble is the most...more