Board games

board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,500 years ago

game that involves counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules

Arimaa () is a two-player strategy board game that was designed to be playable with a standard chess set and difficult for computers while still being easy to learn and fun to play for humans. It was invented between 1997 and 2002 by Omar Syed. Arimaa is a complex abstract strategy game and after decades of play, a body of theory has developed among high level players, along with a few books on the game. Arimaa has also developed a community on the internet, where tournaments are played.

thumb|Pieces on the board during Terra Mystica gameplay

2010 card game

2001 party game

pattern of intersecting vertical and horizontal lines

2011 board game

2017 board game

Dobble is a game in which players have to find symbols in common between two cards. It was the UK’s best-selling game in 2018 and 2019.

2011 board game

Kingdomino is a 2016 tile board game for 2-4 players designed by Bruno Cathala and published by Blue Orange Games. In this 15-20 minute, family-oriented game, players build a five by five kingdom of oversized domino-like tiles, making sure as they place each tile that one of its sides connects to a matching terrain type already in play. The game was critically successful and won the 2017 Spiel des Jahres award, and was followed by several spin-offs and expansions.

board game

entertaining game played by several children or adults for the purpose of pastime or amusement

2014 board game

abstract strategy game

Everdell is a board game for 1 to 4 players (or 1 to 6 players with expansions) designed by James Wilson and published by Starling Games in 2018. In the game, players take the role of forest animals building a city over four seasons by collecting resources, recruiting workers, and constructing buildings. The game has been well regarded by reviewers, with its art and components receiving strong praise.

thumb|250px|A fish shaped pallankuli board Pallanguli, or Pallankuli (, , , , , ), is a traditional ancient mancala game played in South India, especially Tamil Nadu and Kerala. This game was later introduced to Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in India, as well as Sri Lanka and Malaysia. The game is played by two players, with a wooden board that has fourteen pits in all (hence, it is also called fourteen pits, or pathinālam kuḻi. There have been several variations in the layout of the pits, one among them being seven pits on each player's side. The pits contain cowry shells, seeds or small pebbl

game developed by ESC Taiwan

Museum collection in La Tour-de-Peilz in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

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Armenian variant of draughts

Bell and hammer is a 19th century board game that was popular in Europe

Japanese student organization for the board game of go

discipline of draughts

right|thumb|Starting position for 3×3 Dodgem Dodgem is a simple abstract strategy game invented by Colin Vout in 1972 while he was a mathematics student at the University of Cambridge as described in the book Winning Ways. It is played on an n×n board with n-1 cars for each player—two cars each on a 3×3 board is enough for an interesting game, but larger sizes are also possible.

1997 video game

2015 board game

Russian board game

2010 board game

2014 board game