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. The excitement and the dynamic crowd of the game help each player to develop social skills since the game has more than a few participants. Here are a few of the multi-player elimination board games that you and your friends will truly enjoy. ...more
The Exhilarating Dungeon Adventure Board GameAdventure board games make players depict unique characters that can acquire gears, augment its abilities and attributes as the game carries on. Released in 1975, the Dungeon created by S. Schwab, David R. Megarry, Steve Winter, and Gary Gygax was the pioneer in adventure board games. The game designed for two to four players consists of a rulebook, four colored Parcheesi-style playing pieces...more
Proficiently Playing in Trivia Board GamesWide readers and knowledgeable folks love to show off their familiarity in many things by playing interesting trivia board games. It is all based upon the questions posed and follows no particular order. Questions are compiled which are taken from different fields of study and areas of interest. The Trivial Pursuit is the first trivial board game which was started on 1979 and released on 1981 by inventors Chris Haney and Scott Abbot. The game can be played by up to 24 players which includes a board, question cards, playing pieces with small plastic wedges to fit into them, and a box. Subjects used in the trivia have equivalent colors such as green for Science and Nature, blue for Geography, orange for Sports, yellow for History, brown for Art and Literature, and pink for Entertainment. The goal of the game is to move along the circular path, gain the colored wedges for correct answers and be the first to return to the hexagonal hub. There have been many editions that followed the original Trivial Pursuit Genus I like the Pursuit Genus IV, Genus V, and Genus VI, Warner Brothers Edition, and Trivial Pursuit Junior are a few. The...more
Party Board GamesKnown as The Game for the Whole Brain, Cranium is a party board game of 4-16 people. It involves a variety of activities and requires a number of skills from the players. It is created by Whit Alexander and Richard Tait and published in 1998. There are two to four group divisions of the game with each group having represented...more
Board Games Employing Physical AptitudesBoard 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...more
Action Filled War Board GamesWar board game is a type of board game that portrays either a real or imaginative military operation. These games requiring strategy have different complexity level which could be simple or high level. First to be released in 1954 was the Tactics by Charles Robert which had two editions, Tactics II and 25th Anniversary, where its game mechanics became the benchmark for the other board games. The Axis and Allies game, themed after World War II, can be played by two to five players and depends also in strategy. Players can play as Axis or as Allies depending upon players preference. This game has revisions such as Axis and Allies Revised, Axis and Allies Battle of the Bulge, Axis and Allies D-Day, and Axis and Allies Guadalcanal. The game known as the Risk involves great effort to rule 42 territories. Alternative picks for war board games are Memoir 44, War on Terror, Advance Squad Leader, Stratego, and A House Divided. 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. Among the many board games, Scrabble is...more
Participating in Two Player Board GamesSome board games are designed entirely for only two players to enjoy and can never be played by more than two people. These board games are suitably created for playing together with your wife, friend, or...more
Party Board GamesCranium is also called The Game for the Whole Brain, played by 4-16 individuals. It involves a variety of activities and requires a number of skills from the players. Published and made known to the public on 1998 by inventors,...more
The Elating Adventure Board Game DungeonAdventure board games make players depict unique characters that can acquire gears, augment its abilities and attributes as the game carries on. The Dungeon, released in 1975, was innovated by Gary Gygax,...more
Action Packed War Board GamesWar board game is a type of board game that portrays either a real or imaginative military operation. These games requiring strategy have different complexity level which could be simple or high level. The first known...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...more
Assisting in Cooperative Board Games When players work together to achieve a certain goal against the game or against one or two players, they are playing cooperative board games. These games centers winning, losing, and performing as a team in...more