The Challenging Game of ChessChess is one of the oldest board games and can only accommodate two players. The goal of the game is to subdue the king piece of the other player where it could no longer move much more capture enemy pieces without getting captured. The game includes a checkered chessboard with 64 squares in an 8 by 8 grid. Each player has a set of eight pawns, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, one king, and one queen a total of...more
Action Packed War Board GamesWar board game is a classification of board games that depict either a non-fictional or fictional 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...more
Exciting Auction Board GamesMany people are into exciting pastimes such as in auction board games that require each player to bid against one another to gain the things they need in order to win the game. Attentiveness and creativeness are attributes of players who usually win in many of these auction board games. Ra, an Egyptian themed game, is played by 2 to 5 players with a goal of acquiring the most number of lot titles after four rounds have been gone through. A game of which among the 3-5 players will have the richest and famous casino is the goal of Vegas Showdown where players bid on casino-related board tiles such as restaurants and lounges to win the rights to it and increase profits and fame. Another known auction board game is Modern Art in which 3-5 players act as buyers and sellers of paintings of five different artists and the winner is the player that has the most value of sold and bought paintings at the end of four rounds. Bidding skills and strategies are essential game mechanics. Board Games for Get-together ActivitiesCranium is also called The Game for the Whole Brain, played by 4-16 individuals. It involves a variety of activities and requires a number...more
Party Board GamesThe Game for the Whole Brain as others would love to call it; Cranium is composed of 4-16 players. 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. The players are divided into groups of 2to 4 with each team...more
Playing in Two Player Board Games There are board games that are made exclusively for two individuals to play. These sorts of board games can be appropriate for playing with your wife, friend, companion or buddy. 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...more
Smart 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. To win the game, the main mechanic is using deductive reasoning. There are two extensive categories of deductive board games namely the abstract deductive games which do not follow a theme and the investigation deductive games in which players act out game characters. The mastermind, an abstract deductive game, is played by two which one makes the code while the other breaks it. The goal is for the code breaker to guess the peg patterns made by the code maker in a specific number of turns. 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 deduction board games include the Mystery Mansion, Coda and Black Box. The Challenging Monopoly Board GameThe most commercially successful among board games is Monopoly which has been played by over 500 million people in the United States and worldwide. With Rich Uncle Pennybags or Mr. ...more
Expertly Engaging 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
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...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...more
Hailing Victorious in Multi-player Elimination Board GamesThe main aim of multi-player elimination board games is to get rid of the other players when the game is done. With quite a few players, these types of games help or enhance ones relations...more
The Defying Monopoly Board GameThe most commercially successful among board games is Monopoly which has been played by over 500 million people in the United States and worldwide. With Rich Uncle Pennybags or Mr. Monopoly as the mascot, the game...more
Riveting Auction Board GamesIn auction board games, where many people are enthused, players give their best to contend other game players in order to dominate the game. Attentiveness and creativeness are attributes of players who usually win in many...more