User:Percy Snoodle/List of board games

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This is a list of board games. This page classifies board games according to the concerns which might be uppermost for someone organizing a gaming event or party. See the article on game classification for other alternatives, or see Category:Board games for a list of board game articles.

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[edit] Mental-skill games

[edit] for two players

[edit] Abstract strategy games

In abstract strategy games, players know the entire game state at all times, and random generators such as dice are not used.

[edit] Classic

[edit] Modern

[edit] Games of chance

Luck or hidden information may decide the outcome, but skill predominates.

[edit] Multi-player games

[edit] Elimination games

Players are eliminated during the course of a game; the last remaining player wins

[edit] Race games

The first player to achieve some victory condition is the winner.

[edit] Scoring games

All players play to some predefined limit (for example a fixed number of turns, a fixed amount of time) and then add up their scores; the player with the highest score is the winner. These games are especially suited for mixed play with adults and children, and most German-style board games fit into this category. In some games (for example Auf Achse) scoring only occurs when a player staisfies some ending condition - but if that player has not necessarily won, the game is not considered a racing game.

This is as far as I've got reclassifying the multiplayer games Percy Snoodle 15:32, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Games of physical skill

Coordination, finesse, or other physical skills are necessary.

[edit] Children's games

The rules are easy to learn and the outcome mostly or entirely due to chance.

[edit] See also