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 of skills from the players. In 1998, Whit Alexander and Richard Tait created and published the game. There are two to four group divisions of the game with each group having represented by a mover and all starts at the starting line of the Planet Cranium by the player...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 very first adventure board game was Dungeon released in 1975 and was designed by Steve Winter, S. Schwab, David R. Megarry, and Gary Gygax. The game is comprised of two to four players each taking unique characters in the game, which includes a rulebook, four...more
Proficiently Playing in Trivia Board GamesA person who loves to read books would find it interesting and amusing to play 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 very first trivial board game is the Trivia Pursuit released in 1981 although started in 1975 by creators Scott Abbot and Chris Haney. 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. Categories of six have representing colors which are as follows: orange for Sports and Leisure, green for Science and Nature, yellow for History, blue for Geography, pink for Entertainment, and brown for Art and Literature. 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. Other Editions of the game are innovated by Warner Brothers Edition, Trivial Pursuit Junior, Trivial Pursuit Genus IV, V, and VI. Brain Busting Word Board Games Word board games include games that are about words of...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. To win the game, the main mechanic is using deductive reasoning. The two expansive categories of deduction board games are...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...more
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. It has 2 sets of 16 playing pieces one for each player composed of one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. Both players take turns in moving a piece in accordance with the game rules but not during castling where two pieces are allowed to move. It is a practice that the players with light colored pieces make the opening move and the corresponding piece can land on an empty square or on an enemy occupied provided that the piece can capture the opponents. The rules and regulations of the game chess is maintained by the World Chess Federation. 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...more
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 a team in...more
Mind Boggling Word Board Games Word 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 famous of all the word games and is played by...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. Charles Darrow in 1935 patented the game and having Mr. Monopoly or...more
The Speedy Race Board Games One of the earliest board game created is the race board games which players contend to be the first to reach the goal. Moving the pieces on the board under certain rules until the player succeeds in bringing the pieces...more
The Swift of Race Board Games Race board games, which players struggle to be first to reach the goal, are included in the pioneers of board games innovation. Moving the pieces on the board under certain rules until the player succeeds in bringing...more
The Exigent Game of ChessOne of the ancient board games that rely on strategy and can only be played by two is the Chess. The objective of the game is to eliminate the opponents king piece where it has no chance of moving or subduing an enemy piece...more