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Two-player 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 (board game)
- Aviation
- Backgammon
- Battleship
- Blood Bowl
- Blue Moon
- Bul
- Chebache
- Chess
- Chinese Checkers
- Connect Four
- The Cross and Circle game family
- Crash Tackle
- Daldøs
- Dover Patrol
- Dracula's Revenge
- Downfall
- English draughts (Checkers)
- Fanorona
- Frankenstein's Children
- Ghosts
- Go
- Guess Who?
- Hare and Hounds
- Hijara
- Isis & Osiris
- Isola
- Kamisado
- Kingdoms
- L'Attaque
- Liu po
- LifeStyle The Financial Planning Game
- Magestones
- Malaika
- Mastermind
- Mindmover
- Mojo
- Mozaic
- Nabuko Generals and Conquerors
- Obsession
- Patolli
- Pawn duel
- Plateau
- Quirky
- Reversi (aka Othello)
- Sáhkku
- Senet
- Serpentine
- Sho
- Space Hulk
- Strata5
- Stratego
- Sugoroku
- Tâb
- Tantrix
- Thayaam
- Tri Tactics
- Wari
- Zambezy
Multi-player elimination games
Participants are typically eliminated before game end.
- 1313 Dead End Drive
- Anti-Monopoly
- Apples to Apples
- Attack!
- Axis & Allies
- Bang!
- Blokus
- Blue Max
Bookchase - Class Struggle
- Controlling Interest
- Crash! The bankrupt game
- Diplomacy
- Explorium: a Gold Rush game
- Finance
- Fortune
- Ghettopoly
- Go For Broke
- The Great Train Robbery Board Game
- Hotels
- Heroscape
- Khet
- King Oil
- Las Vegas The Board Game
- Monopoly
- Monopoly Junior
- Poleconomy
- Privateer
- 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
- Circle of Knowledge
- Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix
- Fearsome Floors
- Formula Dé
- Galopp Royal
- Game of the Goose
- Game of Japan
- Great Balloon Race
- Hare and Tortoise
- Jeu du Grand-Homme
- Mississippi Queen
- Peter Rabbit's Race Game
- Round the World with Nellie Bly
- Streetcar
- The Sun of Brunswick
- Timber Tom
- Tour of Europe
- Transformers
- Um Reifenbreite
- Warhamster Rally
- Yucata'
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
- À la carte
- About Time
- Acquire
- Acronymble
- Adel Verpflichtet
- Afrikan tähti
- Agricola
- Air Charter
- Aladdin's Dragons
- Alhambra
- Alias
- Amun-Re
- Articulate!
- Attika
- Attribute
- Auf Achse
- Australia
- Backpackers (game)
- Balderdash
- Barbarossa
- Basari
- Bauernschlau
- Bezzerwizzer
- Billabong
- Blankety Blank
- (This Game Is) Bonkers!
- Brain Chain
- Brainstorm
- Break the Safe
- The Bridges of Shangri-La
- Buccaneer
- Buzzle
- Café International
- Campanile
- Can't Stop
- Candy Land
- Canyon
- Capitol
- Carcassonne
- Careers
- Carolus Magnus
- Cartagena
- Casablanca
- Caylus
- Chameleon
- Charge Large
- Checkers
- Chinatown
- CirKis
- Civilization
- Clans
- Cluedo
- Columbus
- Conspiracy
- Cosmic Encounter
- Cranium
- Crash Canyon
- Crosstrack
- Da Vinci Game, The
- Dark Tower
- Das Amulett
- Debate This!
- Deflexion
- Diamant
- Dicke Kartoffeln
- Domaine
- Dominion
- Don't Miss The Boat
- Don't Quote Me
- Drunter und Drüber
- Dschunke
- Duftende Spuren
- Dune
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Ein Solches Ding...
- El Grande
- Elfenland
- Empire Builder series
- Enchanted Forest
- English draughts
- Entdecker
- Escape from Atlantis
- Evo
- Extrablatt
- Farlander
- Favoriten
- Fearsome Floors
- Figure It Out
- Fireball Island
- Fische Fluppen Frikadellen
- Flying Dutchman
- Flusspiraten
- Focus
- Freebooter
- Funagle
- The Game of Life
- Get the Goods
- GiftTRAP
- Giganten
- Girl Talk
- Go
- Go For Broke
- Go to Jail
- Goa
- Gold Rush
- Goldland
- Great Train Robbery
- GridIron Master
- Die Händler
- Hansa
- Hattrick
- The HellGame
- High Society
- Highlanders
- History of the World
- Holiday AG
- I'm the Boss!
- Imperial
- Ingenious
- Inkan aarre
- Intrigue
- Jagd der Vampire
- Java
- Journey through Europe
- JUMP
- Junta
- Kill Doctor Lucky
- Kingdoms
- Kingsburg
- Knock Out
- Korg 70,000 B.C.
- La Cittá
- Landslide
- Le Havre
- The London Game
- Lost
- Löwenherz
- Luck of the Draw
- Die Macher
- Maharaja
- Mall Madness
- Manhattan
- Manitou
- Marracash
- Master Labyrinth
- Medici
- Medieval Merchant
- Medina
- Mensch ärgere dich nicht
- Merchant of Venus
- Merchants of Amsterdam
- Mexica
- Mine a million
- Minos
- The Mob
- Modern Art
- Mole in the Hole
- Nautilus
- Neolithibum
- New England
- Niagara
- Okey
- Outrage!
- Outpost
- Pandemic
- Paris Paris
- Parcheesi
- Parqués
- Payday
- Personal Preference
- PervArtistry
- Pfusch
- Pictionary
- Pirate's Cove
- Pizarro & Co.
- Power Grid
- Prendi e porta a casa
- Primordial Soup
- Princes of Florence
- Pueblo
- Puerto Rico
- Quo Vadis?
- Ra
- Rail Baron
- Rapidough
- Ramses II
- Rappakalja
- Razzia
- Rette Sich wer Kann
- Rheinlander
- Ricochet Robots
- Righteous Game
- Rivers, Roads & Rails
- RoboRally
- Römer
- Rummikub
- Rummoli
- Saboteur
- Saint Petersburg
- Samurai
- San Marco
- Schraumeln
- Schweinsgalopp
- Scotland Yard
- Scattergories
- Scrabble
- The Secret Door
- Sequence
- The Settlers of Catan
- Serenissima
- Seven Deadly Sins
- Shadows over Camelot
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
- Showmanager
- Sixth Sense
- Skirrid
- Sorry!
- Speechless
- Spiel der Türme
- Spy vs. Spy
- Sternen Himmel
- Sticheln
- Stock Ticker
- Super Quiz
- Taj Mahal
- Tal der Könige
- Take It Easy
- Take Off!
- Terra X
- Thinking Man's Golf
- Through the Desert
- Thurn and Taxis
- Ticket to Ride
- Tigris & Euphrates
- Tikal
- Timber Tom
- Timberland
- Top Secret Spies
- Torres
- Totopoly
- Tracks to Telluride
- Traders of Genoa
- TransAmerica
- Trivial Pursuit
- Trouble
- Trust Me
- Tsuro
- Tutankhamen
- TV Mania
- Twilight Imperium
- Tycoon
- Ubongo
- Union Pacific
- Vanished Planet
- Vernissage
- Verräter
- Vinci
- Was Sticht?
- Web of Power
- Wind & Wetter
- Yahtzee
- You Haven't Changed A Bit
- Yut
- Zombies!!!
Economics and Strategy Games
Games involving scarce resources and strategy.
- Charge Large
- The Farming Game
- Kingsburg
- Monopoly
- Risk
- 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
- Beirut
- Blockhead!
- Buckaroo
- Camp Granada
- Carabande
- Carrom
- Chapayev
- Charmed
- Crokinole
- Dart Wars
- Gnip Gnop
- Hamsterrolle
- Hungry Hungry Hippos
- Jenga
- Kerplunk
- Krazy Maze
- MagnetX
- Operation
- Perfection
- Polarity
- Rukshuk
- Subbuteo
- Topple
- Twister
- Villa Paletti
Children's games
The rules are easy to learn and the outcome mostly or entirely due to chance.
- Ab Die Post!
- Candy Land
- Chicken Cha Cha Cha
- Cooties
- Die Ritter von der Haselnuß
- Don't Break the Ice
- Don't Wake Daddy
- Gulo Gulo
- Hallo Dachs!
- Hey Pa! There's a Goat on the Roof
- Hi Ho! Cherry-O
- Husch Husch kleine Hexe
- Kids of Catan
- Loopin' Louie
- Ludo
- Mouse Trap
- Piepmatz
- Snakes and ladders (aka Chutes and Ladders)
- Space Hop
- Take A Hike
- Verflixt Gemixt
Gaming Systems
These are sets that can be used to play multiple games.
See also
- List of board wargames
- List of Japanese board games
- List of mancala games
- List of board game publishers
- List of game manufacturers
External links
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