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Deductive 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. 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. An example of abstract deductive board game is mastermind, a code-breaking game of 2 players acting as a code maker and code breaker. The player who sets the code arranges the pegs on the game board in a certain pattern and the other player has to make an exact guess of the pattern used. On the other hand, an example of investigation games is the Cluedo where it is centered in a murder crime scene where each player portrays a character to find out who did the crime, which weapon was used, and in what room the crime happened. Other games that have the same genre include Black Box, Codam and Mystery Mansion.
The Swift of Race Board Games
Race 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 specific game rules and the player who managed to bring all pieces at the end of the track, headquarters, or home wins. Known of all race board games is Backgammon, also in the tables family, relies on luck and strategy of the player with its objective of eliminating opponent pieces. Movements on this game are counted on the dices roll and can be played only by two people. Other examples of race board games include the Egyptian Senet, European Game of the Goose, Ludo, and Transformers. Some race board games can be played with utmost simplicity as tossing the dice and making a move or could be a very complex game involving luck, skills, and strategy combined.
Action Packed War Board Games
War board game is a type of board game that portrays either a real or imaginative military operation. Strategy is required for these games and they have difficulty level from simple to 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 other war board games mechanics. The Axis and Allies, designed for 2 to 5 players, has a World War II setting and depends on strategy. Players can play as Axis or as Allies depending upon players preference. This game has revisions such as Axis and Allies Revised, Axis and Allies Battle of the Bulge, Axis and Allies D-Day, and Axis and Allies Guadalcanal. Another popular game is the Risk, where the player and his opponents struggle to control about 42 territories. Some choices of war board games are War on Terror, Memoir 44, Stratego, A House Divided, and Advance Squad Leader.
The Challenging Game of Chess
Chess 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 captured. 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 of one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. Each player alternately takes turns in moving a single piece according to the movement rules except in castling where two pieces can move at the same time. Usually the player with the light colored pieces go first and the piece can land on an empty square or one which is occupied by an opponents piece but will be captured and removed from the game. The World Chess Federation has the task of maintaining the games rules and regulations.
