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a game played on a specially designed board

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  • Scrabble — (trademark) a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
  • backgammon — a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
  • checkers, draughts — a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
  • chess, chess game — a game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
  • Chinese checkers, Chinese chequers — a board game in which each player tries to move a set of marbles through a set of holes from one point of a six-pointed star to the opposite point
  • darts — a game in which darts are thrown at a dartboard
  • go, go game — (Japanese) a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
  • halma — a board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases
  • lotto, bingo, beano, keno — a game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
  • ludo — (British) a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice
  • Mah-Jongg, mahjong — Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles
  • Monopoly — (trademark) a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die
  • pachisi — an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board
  • shovel board, shove-halfpenny, shove-ha'penny — (British) a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark
  • snakes and ladders — a board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakes
  • ticktacktoe, ticktacktoo, tic-tac-toe, tit-tat-toe, noughts and crosses — a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a 3-by-3 board; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does

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