The Exigent 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 is set in a checked game board eight squares horizontal and eight squares vertical summing up a total of 64 squares. It has 2 sets of 16 playing pieces one for each player composed...more
The Stirring Dungeon Board GameAdventure 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, David R Megarry, Steve Winter, and S. Schwab. The game designed for two to four players consists of a rulebook, four colored Parcheesi-style playing pieces (white, blue, green, and red). The main attraction of...more
Participating in Two Player Board GamesA number of board games are created to be played completely by only two individuals and never more. These board games are suitably created for playing together with your wife, friend, or companion. 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 games objective is to shove the opponents marbles out of the board. 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. Clever Deduction Board GamesDeductive board games entail making out judgments out of a given premise and logical thinking of game players. In order to win the game deductive reasoning has to be applied as its central mechanic. ...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 have varying difficulty which could either be simple or high level simulation and strategy is required. First to be released in 1954 was the Tactics by Charles Robert which had two editions, Tactics II and...more
Adeptly Competing in Trivia Board GamesA person who loves to read books would find it interesting and amusing to play trivia board games. The game is played through questions and not in a certain pattern or order. It is often a collection of knowledge from different genres and subjects. The Trivial Pursuit is the first trivial board game which...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. It is game which focuses more on team cooperation over competition, either winning or losing as a group. The events in the game come at random when the game advances making it more challenging for the players. The Arkham The Scotland Yard, released in the 1980s, is a good example of these games. Players that mimic as detectives team up to look for another player also mimicking as a criminal and everything is set to the streets of London. Another game produced in the 1980s is the Arkham Horror where players are depicted as investigators cooperating to defend the town of Arkham from monsters and aliens who enter through the gates and also to shut the gates. In 2000 other cooperative board games have been published like The Lord of the Rings, Shadows over Camelot, and Pandemic. Party Board GamesThe Game for the Whole Brain as others would love to call it; Cranium is composed of 4-16 players. It involves a variety of activities and requires a number of skills from the players. In 1998, Whit Alexander...more
Amusement with Childrens Board GamesChildrens board games are created to fit every childs skills and choice because children have inborn intuitions to play. It is a great way to have fun with and get together with the entire family. These types of...more
Board Games Using Physical Skills Board games of Physical Skills or also known as dexterity games are those that need coordination, physical, and mental abilities to dominate the game. They usually challenge the player or players both physically and...more
Clever Deduction Board GamesDeductive board games involve logical thinking and intelligence in making judgments from a premise or set of premises. To win the game, the main mechanic is using deductive reasoning. Two broad categories which fall...more
Party Board GamesThe Game for the Whole Brain as others would love to call it; Cranium is composed of 4-16 players. Each player must possess a multitude of talents and skills since the game has many activities involved. It is created by Whit ...more
Board Games Using Physical Skills Board games of Physical Skills otherwise known as dexterity games are those that necessitate physical and mental skills to triumph. They put the players on challenge since they need good judgment, nimbleness, and...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