subject: A Learners Helpful Fundamentals In Studying Along With Participating Various Fun Games Using Boards [print this page] The Strategic Game of Chess The Strategic Game of Chess
One 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 without getting eliminated. The game consists of an 8 by 8 checkered game board with 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. The players take alternate turns in moving their pieces and it should be noted that only one piece can be moved at a time with an exception on castling where movements of two pieces are allowed. The player with light colored pieces usually white moves first and can land in an empty square or capture an enemy piece on an occupied square and would mean its removal from the game. The World Chess Federation maintains the rules and regulations of the game.
Board Games Using Physical Skills
Board 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 since they need finesse, dexterity, and coordination. The 140 year old Crokinole innovated by Eckhardt Wettlaufer of Canada is an exemplar on this type of games. The game is a blend of East Indian, French, German ,and English games utilizing checker sized disks and a game board with rings that has matching points. Two teams with two to four players per team play the game by flipping the checker sized disks from the outer edge of the board with the goal of hitting the center but also to hit the opposing teams disks already on the board otherwise the turn is deemed 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.
Mind Boggling Word Board Games
Word board games, those dealing mainly with words, are of various types like word search, crossword puzzle, bluff word games, and others that focus on words. Scrabble is the most famous of all the word games and is played by most people worldwide. There has been 29 language versions and has been sold in 121 countries. The game played by 2-4 players makes use of tiles with letters having particular values and are used by players to form words on a 15-by-15 cell grid board holding one letter much like in crossword puzzle down and across. Players draw individual tile and the one who gets the letter closest to the letter A goes first and moves along in the same order all throughout the game. The words should conform to and can be found in a typical dictionary of the corresponding language used. The player with the most number of points is deemed the winner. Other word board games are The Da Vinci Code, Mumble-Jumble, Alfapet, and Acronymble.
Intelligent Deduction Board Games
Board 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 would include deductive reasoning to win the game. 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 games that have the same genre include Black Box, Codam and Mystery Mansion.
