The Stimulating Monopoly Board Game Over 500 million people in the United States and all over the globe play Monopoly making it the most successful commercially sold among board games. The game was published in 1935 originally patented by Charles Darrow with its mascot, Mr. Monopoly or Rich Uncle Pennybags. The theme of the game is real estate and players win by becoming the wealthiest among the other players through building, buying and...more
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. With quite a few players, these types of games help or enhance ones relations with other players and it makes the game more thrilling and lively. Here are a few of the multi-player elimination board games that you and your friends will truly...more
Action Filled War Board GamesWar board game is a classification of board games that depict either a non-fictional or fictional military operation. Strategy is required for these games and they have difficulty level from simple to high level. The pioneering war board game, Tactics, was published in 1954 by Charles Robert has two editions, namely Tactics II and 25th anniversary edition, and its game mechanics became standard for other war board games. A popular game with World War II theme that depends on strategy, the Axis and Allies, is usually played from two to five players. Players can play as Axis or as Allies depending upon players preference. The game consists of chips, dice, 299 detailed playing pieces, IPC, and markers. Its revisions are Axis and Allies Guadalcanal, Axis and Allies Battle of the Bulge, Axis and Allies Revised, and Allies D-Day. Another popular game is the Risk, where the player and his opponents struggle to control about 42 territories. Alternative picks for war board games are Memoir 44, War on Terror, Advance Squad Leader, Stratego, and A House Divided. Brain Busting Word Board Games Word board games, those dealing mainly with words, are of...more
Thrills in Auction Board Games Many 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. An Egyptian themed game...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. Ones vigilance and ingenuity are very much valued in this game in order to win. Ra, an Egyptian themed game, is played by 2 to 5 players with a goal of acquiring the most...more
Assisting 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 emphasizes on team cooperation, which means winning or losing as a team, rather than individual competition. To make it more challenging, events in the game do not come in succession but at random as the game goes on. 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. Arkham Horror, another game in the 1980s is about players who act as investigators who works together to protect H. P. Lovecraft's Massachusetts town of Arkham against aliens and monsters to enter through the gates and eventually close these portals. Choices of other cooperative board games are Pandemic, Lord of the Rings, and Shadow Over Camelot. 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. ...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...more
The Haste of Race Board GamesRace board games are among the earliest board game invented which require each player to compete against each other and be the first player to attain the goal. It entails moving game pieces on a game board following...more
The Haste of Race Board GamesRace board games are among the earliest board game invented which require each player to compete against each other and be the first player to attain the goal. It entails moving game pieces on a game board following...more
Riveting Auction Board GamesPlayers in auction board games compete with each other by outbidding every other player to win the game which many people get stirred with. Here are some examples of auction board games that would entail ones alertness...more
The Exigent Game of ChessChess is among the board games that can only be played by two people. 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...more
The Swift of 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