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The Swift of Race Board Games
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 the pieces at the end of the goal or finish line is the game mechanic. 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 choices and picks of race board games include Transformers, Ludo, Egyptian Senet, and the European Game of the Goose. While some board games are very complex such as they would rely on skills, strategy, and even luck; some also are very simple to play and movements are based on the corresponding number after rolling the dice.

Board Games in Social Gatherings

Known as The Game for the Whole Brain, Cranium is a party board game of 4-16 people. Each player must possess a multitude of talents and skills since the game has many activities involved. 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 with whose birthday is near approaching and followed by the next team on a counterclockwise coursePlayers are challenged in four aspects: creative cat where a player provides the clue by drawing or sculpting it in clay; Word Worm where players guess words, unscramble words, define, and spell words; Data Head where trivia questions are asked; and Start performer where players act out clues, hum a song or impersonating personalities. It is the fun and exciting games with all these categories in one enjoyable game.

Board Games Utilizing Physical Abilities

Board games of Physical Skills or also known as dexterity games are those that need coordination, physical, and mental abilities to dominate the game. They usually challenge the player or players both physically and mentally since they need finesse, dexterity, 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. 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.

Assisting 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. It is game which focuses more on team cooperation over competition, either winning or losing as a group. 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. This game where players are portrayed as detectives, cooperate to track down another player depicting as a criminal in the streets of London. Horror, also produced in the 1980s, is set in the town of Arkham and players also impersonate as investigators to secure the town from aliens and monsters that pass through the gates and also to close the access. In 2000 other cooperative board games have been published like The Lord of the Rings, Shadows over Camelot, and Pandemic.

by: Jesse Temes




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