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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. Each 2-4 players are given letter tiles which have values and are used to form words across and down similar to crossword puzzle on a game board with 15-by-15 grid of cells which only holds one tile. The order of the game is determined before the game starts when each player draws individual letters, the ones closest to the letter A goes first and then the game continues in a sequences manner. The words formed should be the acceptable ones that appear in a standard dictionary of any language. Each players aim is to garner more points than the opponent. Other word board games are The Da Vinci Code, Mumble-Jumble, Alfapet, and Acronymble.
Helping out 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. As the game progresses, events come randomly making it more difficult for the players to win. In the 1980s Scotland Yard was among the first games published. It is a game where several players act as detectives or police who works cooperatively to hunt down a player acting as the criminal within the game depicting 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. In 2000 other cooperative board games have been published like The Lord of the Rings, Shadows over Camelot, and Pandemic.
The Strategic Game of Chess
Chess is among the board games that can only be played by two people. Every players goal is to checkmate the king piece of the opponent where it has no room for moving without being attacked or captured. The game includes a checkered chessboard with 64 squares in an 8 by 8 grid. 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. It is a practice that the players with light colored pieces make the opening move and the corresponding piece can land on an empty square or on an enemy occupied provided that the piece can capture the opponents. The World Chess Federation maintains the rules and regulations of the game.
Smart 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. In order to win the game deductive reasoning has to be applied as its central mechanic. Two broad categories which fall under deductive board games include abstract deductive games which are non-themed and investigation deductive games where players portray 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 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.
