Kingdoms (board game) (562 bytes)
1: ...The game is based on Knizia's original [[German]] game ''Auf Heller und Pfennig'', but has been given a ...
3: ...n the [[Origins Award]] for ''Best Abstract Board Game of 2002''.
6: .../119 Board Game Geek] reviews and pictures of the game.
8: {{game-stub}}
10: [[Category:Board games]]

A Game of Thrones (board game) (768 bytes)
1: ...istian T. Petersen and released by Fantasy Flight Games in [[2003]]. It was followed in [[2004]] by an ...
3: The game is based on the [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] fantas...
5: ...he [[Origins Award]] for ''Best Traditional Board Game of 2003''.
8: [[A Game of Thrones (card game)]]
11: ...6472 Board Game Geek] reviews and pictures of the game.

Go (board game) (29990 bytes)
5: ! colspan=2 align=center | [[Image:Go_board.jpg|300px|center|A traditional goban is wooden, w...
40: '''Go''' is a strategic, two-player [[board game]] originating in ancient [[China]] between [[2000...
42: ...'s Opponent)", or, less literally, the "Enclosing Game".
45: According to the [[history of Go]], the game was used as a [[teaching]] tool after an ancient ...
46: Another suggested genesis for the game states that in ancient times, Chinese warlords an...

Board game (10611 bytes)
1: [[Image:Board Games.jpg|right]]
3: ...an provide entertainment for all ages. Some board games, such as [[chess]], have intense strategic value...
5: ...]]'' which is the most well known of thousands of games attempting to simulate warfare and geo-politics.
7: ...popular of which is ''[[Scrabble]]''. [[Trivia]] games, the most popular of which is ''[[Trivial Pursui...
10: ...d documents exist which shed light on early board games. The most of important of these include:

Java board game (755 bytes)
1: ...yers run out of hexagons to build the island, the game is over. A final scoring phase now takes place an...
3: ...1]] and the Games Magazine Best Advanced Strategy Game in [[2002]].
5: {{game-stub}}
7: [[Category:Board games]]

Hex (board game) (7964 bytes)
1: '''Hex''' is a [[board game]] played on a [[hexagon|hexagonal]] grid, usually...
3: <center>[[image:Hex_board.png]]</center>
7: ...nceton University]] students also referred to the game as ''John'', because it was often played on the h...
11: ...nvention and the actual colors vary from board to board and from version to version.) They alternate tur...
13: <center>[[image:Hex_game_over.png]]</center>

Cathedral (board game) (2433 bytes)
1: ...al''' is two player [[abstract strategy]] [[board game]] based around a battle between two factions ('da...
5: ...yal New Zealand Air Force]]. Inspiration for the game was provided by the [[Cathedral]] and its environ...
9: ...the game board, allowing you to place all of your gamepieces while preventing your opponent from doing l...
13: ...rk' player places one of their game pieces on the board. Play alternates between the two sides until one...
15: ...edral will remain absent for the remainder of the game. If the territory contains more than one piece, ...

Imperium (board game) (6699 bytes)
4: ...a space battle on the exterior. It included a cardboard-mounted, folding map of a local region of the [[M...
6: A new edition of this game, '''Imperium, 3rd Millenium''', was published in ...
9: This is a two-player game that simulated a conflict between the emerging [[...
13: The game includes a variety of ship types, ranging in size...
19: ==Game play==

Quarto (board game) (1014 bytes)
1: '''Quarto''' is a [[board game]] for two players invented by Blaise Müller.
3: It is played on a 4&times;4 board. There are 16 pieces, each of which has four attr...
9: ...ece which the other player must then place on the board. A player wins by placing their piece to make fou...
11: ...set for the other. It is therefore an [[impartial game]].
14: ...oossens/quarto/quartotext.htm Strategy on on-line board]

DragonStrike (board game) (1336 bytes)
1: ...rmal)|magical]] effects and monsters, such as the game's titular [[dragon (Dungeons & Dragons)|dragon]].
3: ...ns & Dragons'' game. This later ''DragonStrike'' game was released by [[Hasbro]] (which had by this poi...
5: ...ragonStrike (computer game)|DragonStrike computer game]].
6: [[Category:Board games]]

Breakthrough (board game) (2155 bytes)
1: ...though the game is trivially extendable to larger board sizes. It has some similarity to [[checkers]], b...
5: The board is initially set up as follows, with [[number sig...
16: ... the front two and back two rows with pieces; the board need not be square.
42: ...akthrough ...and two other favorites." ''Abstract Games Magazine'', Issue 7, Autumn 2001.
43: "Breakthrough." http://www.gamerz.net/~pbmserv/breakthrough.html

Cranium (board game) (6600 bytes)
1: ... as "The Game for Your Whole Brain." Unlike other games, which usually focus on a single activity (like ...
3: ... created the packaging and brand identity for the game.
6: Cranium involves teams advancing around the board toward "Cranium Central" in the center, by doing ...
11: ...ue with [[clay]] for his teammates to guess. (The game includes "Cranium Clay" for this activity.)
33: ...layer whose birthday is coming up next starts the game. Play then continues clockwise to the next team.

Terrace (board game) (768 bytes)
1: ...d levels ("terraces") that rise stepwise from the board's lowest points in two diagonally opposite corner...
3: ...or by capturing your opponent's T. When the board game was introduced in 1992, Terrace won a number majo...
6: [[Category:Board games]]

Carcassonne (board game) (7540 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_Game|
3: image_link=[[Image:Carcassonne-game.jpg|none|250px|Carcassonne - US Edition]] |
15: ...Tile-based game|Tile-based]] [[German-style board game]], invented by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, for two to fiv...
17: ==Game Play==
19: ...built by the players as the game progresses. The game starts with a single terrain tile face up and 71 ...

Kremlin (board game) (1325 bytes)
1: ...emlin'' won the [[Origins Award]] for ''Best Boardgame Covering the Period 1900-1946 of 1988''.
3: {{game-stub}}
5: == Gameplay ==
7: ...will wave three years in a row, and in effect the game itself will win.
14: .../196 Board Game Geek] reviews and pictures of the game.

SPQR (board game) (708 bytes)
1: ... [[Origins Award]] for Best Pre-20th Century Boardgame of 1992.
3: {{game-stub}}
14: ...1444 Board Game Geek] reviews and pictures of the game.
15: ...plites.htm Hoplites], an unofficial computer card game based on SPQR.
17: [[Category:Board games]]

Trouble (board game) (1289 bytes)
1: ...e first to send four markers all the way around a board, using [[dice]] to determine how far they move ea...
3: ... in the final few slots. Unlike more complex race games, however, counters cannot be maneuvered to block...
16: The game was once marketed in [[Canada]] by [[Irwin Toy|Ir...
18: [[Category:Board games]]

Entropy (board game) (1644 bytes)
1: ...ategy|abstract strategic games]] played on square boards.
3: ...Hyle"'' (for a simplified version played on a 5x5 board) and ''"Hyle7"''.
5: ...is is one of the games that can be [[play by mail game|played by email]] via [[Richard's Play By Email S...
9: ...ules/entropy-g.html full game rules for Solomon's game] are available from the [http://www.msoworld.com/...
10: ...bmserv/entropy.html full game rules for Carreno's game] are available from [[Richard's Play By Email Ser...

Junta (board game) (2600 bytes)
1: ...to seven players. It was developed by [[West End Games]] and originally released in [[1985]].
5: ...til the last money is drawn. The objective of the game for each player is to embezzle as much money from...
7: ...resident is overthrown). Other factors within the game include [[assassin]]s, windfalls, and [[Spy|spies...
9: ...avors. The number of coups that occur in a given game is entirely determined by the bloodthirstiness, g...
11: [[Category:Board games]]

Check (board game) (916 bytes)
1: ...d), the king is said to be [[checkmate]]d and the game is over. In chess, when a check is answered by a ...

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