Helping out in Cooperative Board Games Games that encourage players to go for certain objectives such as to go against some players or against the game itself are classified as cooperative board games. It is game which focuses more on team cooperation over competition, either winning or losing as a group. To make it more challenging, events in the game do not come in succession but at random as the game goes on. The Scotland Yard was one of...more
Adeptly Competing in Trivia Board GamesWide readers and knowledgeable folks love to show off their familiarity in many things by playing interesting trivia board games. Trivia board games do not follow a particular order in playing and depends on the questions being asked. It is often a collection of knowledge from different genres and subjects. The very first trivial board game is the Trivia Pursuit released in 1981 although started in 1975...more
Intelligent Deduction Board GamesBoard games that require a player to make use of ones intellectual ability to make logical judgment based on a particular premise fall under the category of deductive board games. In order to win the game deductive reasoning has to be applied as its central mechanic. Two broad categories which fall under deductive board games include abstract deductive games which are non-themed and investigation deductive games where players portray characters. The mastermind, an abstract deductive game, is played by two which one makes the code while the other breaks it. 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. The Cluedo is a definite example of an investigation deductive game with a murder scene setting where players get the role of a certain character and use logical reasoning to identify the person responsible for the crime. Other picks of deduction board games include Black Box, Mystery Mansion, and Coda. Head Spinning Word Board GamesWord board games include games that are about words of different types such as crossword puzzle...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. The game was published in 1935 originally patented by Charles Darrow with its mascot, Mr. Monopoly or Rich Uncle Pennybags. The theme of the game is real...more
The Strategic Game of ChessChess is one of the oldest board games and can only accommodate two players. The objective of the game is to eliminate the opponents king piece where it has no chance of moving or subduing an enemy piece without getting eliminated. The game includes a checkered chessboard with 64 squares in an 8 by 8 grid. Every player...more
Participating in Two Player Board GamesThere are board games that are made exclusively for two individuals to play. These are some board games that you can play along with your friend, wife or special someone. The Abalone is a strategy board game played by each player having two sets of fourteen marbles each in a hexagonal game board with 61 spaces. The goal of the game is to push the opponents marbles out of the hexagonal boards edges. Another game is the Chinese Checker with a goal of moving the pieces to the opposite side where the player started, and is played on a six-pointed star shaped board. A game set on an 8 by 8 game board, the Othello, aims to preserve the most number of pieces in the entire game and the player with the most number of pieces left is deemed winner. Other board games that can be played by only two players are Checkers, Suguroku, Kamisado, Stratego, Plateau, Obsession, Backgammon, Cross and Circle, and Downfall. Prevailing in Multi-player Elimination Board GamesThe very objective of multi-player elimination board games is to remove the other players off the game before it ends. The excitement and the dynamic crowd of the game help each player to...more
The Stirring Dungeon Board GameAdventure board games is more of a role playing game that enables players to represent a certain character that can have its prowess and skills boosted as wells as obtain some equipments as the game progresses. The...more
Mind Boggling Word Board Games Word board games, those dealing mainly with words, are of various types like word search, crossword puzzle, bluff word games, and others that focus on words. Scrabble is the most popular and most played word board game...more
The Challenging Game of ChessChess is one of the oldest board games and can only accommodate two players. The objective of the game is to eliminate the opponents king piece where it has no chance of moving or subduing an enemy piece without getting...more
Adeptly Competing in Trivia Board GamesWide readers and knowledgeable folks love to show off their familiarity in many things by playing interesting trivia board games. The game is played through questions and not in a certain pattern or order. ...more
Fun with Childrens Board Games Since children have innate nature to play, childrens board games are made to match every childs abilities and inclination. These games can bring amusement to the whole family when played together with children. These...more
Head Spinning Word Board GamesWord board games include games that are about words of different types such as crossword puzzle types, bluff word games, word search and many more. Scrabble is the most popular and most played word board game by people...more