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 most people worldwide. The game has been sold in 121 countries and with 29 versions in different languages. The game played by 2-4 players makes use of tiles with letters having particular values and...more
Action Filled 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. The first known war board game published by Charles Robert in 1954 is the Tactics which has two editions, 25th Anniversary Edition and Tactics II, and its game mechanics became the forerunner of all...more
Board Games Utilizing Physical AbilitiesBoard games of physical skills or dexterity games are those that require physical abilities, coordination, and mental skills to win the game. They put players to an ultimate test since they require discretion, agility, and coordination. Examples of these games include Crokinole, an almost 140 year old game developed in Canada by Eckhardt Wettlaufer. The Crokinole is a fusion of German, East Indian, French, and English games comprises of checker sized disks and board with rings relating to its equivalent points. In the game, which is played by two teams and each team consists of two to four players, the checker sized disks are tapped or flipped from the outer edge of the gaming board and with the intention of hitting the boards center but to hit the opponents disks that are already on the board otherwise the turn is considered foul. Some other board games that require physical skills are Subboteo, Kerplunk, Carabande, Twister, Jenga, Perfection, Topple, Carrom, and other board games that use physical skills. Fun with Childrens Board Games Since children have innate nature to play, childrens board games are made to match every childs...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 emphasizes on team cooperation, which means winning or losing as a team, rather than individual competition. The events in the game come at random when the...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. With Rich Uncle Pennybags or Mr. Monopoly as the mascot, the game was introduced to the public in 1935 by creator Charles Darrow. With each players aim to...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. 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. Mastermind, played by 2 players is an example of abstract deductive board game where one player acts as code maker and the other acts as code breaker. 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 games that have the same genre include Black Box, Codam and Mystery Mansion. 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...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
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. A central mechanic of these games...more
Aiding 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. These games centers winning, losing, and performing...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
Thrills in Auction Board Games In auction board games, where many people are enthused, players give their best to contend other game players in order to dominate the game. Here are some examples of auction board games that would entail ones...more
Puzzles and online puzzle games have been a favorite past time that has been enjoyed by many different prominent people in history. And with the Internet becoming a monster more and more every day, the way we used to play these games with pen and...more