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.
Two-player abstract strategy games[]
- Main article: List of 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.
Two-player games[]
- Abalone
- Agon
- Backgammon
- Battleship
- Blood Bowl
- Bul
- Chess
- Chinese Checkers
- Connect Four
- The Cross and Circle game family
- Daldøs
- Downfall
- DVONN
- English draughts (Checkers)
- Fanorona
- Ghosts
- Gipf
- Go
- Guess Who?
- Hare and Hounds
- Hijara
- Isola
- Janggi (Korean Chess)
- Kalah
- Kamisado
- Kingdoms
- Liu po
- Lost Cities
- Mad Gab
- Master Mind
- Nine Men's Morris
- Obsession
- Patolli
- Pawn duel
- Plateau
- PÜNCT
- Reversi (aka Othello)
- Rithmomachy
- Sáhkku
- Senet
- Shogi (Japanese Chess)
- Snakes and Ladders
- Space Hulk
- Stratego
- Sugoroku
- Tâb
- Tantrix
- Wari
- Xiangqi (Chinese Chess)
- YINSH
- ZÈRTZ
Multi-player elimination games[]
Participants are typically eliminated before game end.
- 1313 Dead End Drive
- American Megafauna
- Anti-Monopoly
- Apples to Apples
- Attack!
- Axis & Allies
- Bang!
- Blokus
- Blood Feud in New York
- Blue Max
- Bookchase
- Cluedo (Clue in North America)
- Coppit
- Crash! The bankrupt game
- Diplomacy
- Djambi
- Finance
- Ghettopoly
- The Great Train Robbery Board Game
- Hotels
- Heroscape
- Khet
- King Oil
- Monopoly
- Monopoly Junior
- Poleconomy
- Risk
- Shogun/Samurai Swords
- Solarquest
- Spy Alley
- Star Wars Epic Duels
- Star Wars Tactics
- Strange Synergy
- Summit
- TEG
- Titan
- War on Terror
European race games[]
- Cartagena
- Chicken Cha Cha Cha
- Formula Dé
- Game of the Goose
- Hare and Tortoise
- Mississippi Queen
- Transformers
Multiplayer games without elimination[]
Everyone can play along to the end. These games are especially suited for mixed play with adults and children.
- 18XX
- 221B Baker Street
- 30 Seconds
- About Time
- Acquire
- Acronymble
- Adel Verpflichtet
- Afrikan tähti
- Agricola
- Air Charter
- Aladdin's Dragons
- Alhambra
- Alias
- Amun-Re
- Articulate!
- Auf Achse
- Australia
- Balderdash
- Barbarossa
- Bezzerwizzer
- Blankety Blank
- (This Game Is) Bonkers!
- Brain Chain
- Brainstorm
- Break the Safe
- Buccaneer
- Can't Stop
- Candy Land
- Capitol
- Carcassonne
- Careers
- Cartagena
- Caylus
- Checkers
- CirKis
- Civilization
- Clans
- Cluedo
- Conspiracy
- Cosmic Encounter
- Cranium
- Crosstrack
- Da Vinci Game, The
- Dark Tower
- Diamant
- Dixit
- Domaine
- Dominion
- Don't Miss The Boat
- Don't Quote Me
- Drunter und Drüber
- Dune
- Dungeons and Dragons
- El Grande
- Elfenland
- Empire Builder series
- Enchanted Forest
- English draughts
- Entdecker
- Escape from Atlantis
- Evo
- Farlander
- Figure It Out
- Fireball Island
- Focus
- The Game of Life
- GiftTRAP
- Giganten
- Girl Talk
- Go
- Great Train Robbery
- GridIron Master
- The HellGame
- History of the World
- I'm the Boss!
- Imperial
- Inkan aarre
- Java
- Journey through Europe
- Junta
- Kill Doctor Lucky
- Kingdoms
- Landslide
- Le Havre
- The London Game
- Logo Board Game
- Löwenherz
- Luck of the Draw
- Die Macher
- Mall Madness
- Manhattan
- Masterpiece
- Master Labyrinth
- Medici
- Medina
- Mensch ärgere dich nicht
- Merchant of Venus
- Mexica
- Mine a million
- Modern Art
- Niagara
- Okey
- Omega Virus
- Outrage!
- Pack & Stack
- Pandemic
- Parcheesi
- Parqués
- Pay Day
- Personal Preference
- Pictionary
- Pirate's Cove
- Power Grid
- Primordial Soup
- Princes of Florence
- Puerto Rico
- Qwirkle
- Ra
- Rail Baron
- Rappakalja
- Razzia
- The Really Nasty Horse Racing Game
- Ricochet Robots
- Rivers, Roads & Rails
- RoboRally
- Rummikub
- Rummoli
- Saint Petersburg
- Samurai
- San Marco
- Scotland Yard
- Scattergories
- Scrabble
- Sequence
- The Settlers of Catan
- Shadows over Camelot
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
- Skirrid
- Small World
- Sorry!
- Squatter
- Stock Ticker
- Super Quiz
- Taj Mahal
- Take It Easy
- Take Off!
- Through the Desert
- Thurn and Taxis
- Ticket to Ride
- Tigris & Euphrates
- Tikal
- Timberland
- Top Secret Spies
- Torres
- Totopoly
- Tracks to Telluride
- TransAmerica
- Trivial Pursuit
- Trouble
- Tsuro
- Twilight Imperium
- Ubongo
- Vanished Planet
- Vinci
- Yahtzee
- Yut
- Zombies!!!
Economics and strategy games[]
Games involving scarce resources and strategy.
- Acquire
- Junta
- København
- Monopoly
- Power Grid
- Risk
- Risk 2210 AD
- The Settlers of Catan
- Ticket to Ride
Games of physical skill[]
Coordination, finesse, or other physical skills are necessary. Also known as dexterity games.
- Baboon Ball
- Beer pong
- Blockhead!
- Buckaroo
- Camp Granada
- Carrom
- Chapayev
- Crokinole
- Dart Wars
- Gnip Gnop
- Hungry Hungry Hippos
- Jenga
- Kerplunk
- Krazy Maze
- MagnetX
- Operation
- Perfection
- Polarity
- Subbuteo
- Twister
- Villa Paletti
Children's games[]
The rules are easy to learn and the outcome is mostly or entirely due to chance.
- Candy Land
- Chicken Cha Cha Cha
- Don't Break the Ice
- Don't Wake Daddy
- Forbidden Bridge
- Hey Pa! There's a Goat on the Roof
- Hi Ho! Cherry-O
- Hungry Hungry Hippos
- Ludo
- Mouse Trap
- Snakes and ladders (aka Chutes and Ladders)
- Space Hop
Gaming Systems[]
These are sets that can be used to play multiple games.
- Flibbix
- Icehouse pieces
- Stonehenge
See also[]
- Game of the Year
- Games 100
- List of board wargames
- List of Japanese board games
- List of mancala games
- List of board game publishers
- List of game manufacturers