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Board Games and How to Play
Classic board games and what you do in them.
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- Checkers (Draughts)GameJump over opponent's pieces to capture; reach the far row to be crowned king
- ChessGameCheckmate the other king
- MonopolyGameBuy and trade properties and collect rent; the last player with money wins
- ScrabbleGameMake words on a board with letter tiles to score points
- ClueGameWork out who did it, with what, and where
- RiskGameMove armies to conquer the map
- Candy LandGameFollow colored spaces to reach the Candy Castle
- Chutes and LaddersGameClimb ladders and slide down chutes to reach 100
- Connect FourGameDrop discs to line up four of your color in a row
- BattleshipGameGuess where the other player's ships are hiding on a grid
- Sorry!GameMove your pawns around the board and send others back to start
- ParcheesiGameRace four pawns around the board and home
- LudoGameA race game where you roll a die to bring tokens home
- BackgammonGameRace checkers around the board using dice
- MancalaGameMove stones around pits to capture more than your opponent
- GoGameSurround more territory than your opponent with stones; it began in China over 2,500 years ago
- DominoesGameMatch the dots on tiles end to end
- YahtzeeGameRoll five dice to score combinations
- BoggleGameFind words in a grid of letter cubes before time runs out
- JengaGamePull blocks from a tower without making it fall
- OperationGameRemove silly body parts without touching the sides
- TwisterGamePut your hands and feet on colored circles
- PictionaryGameDraw clues so teammates can guess the word
- CharadesGameAct out words with no talking
- Trivial PursuitGameAnswer questions of many kinds to collect wedges
- CatanGameTrade resources and build roads and settlements
- Ticket to RideGameCollect train cards and claim railway routes
- CarcassonneGamePlace tiles to build roads, cities and fields
- Guess Who?GameAsk yes or no questions to find the other player's character
- Hungry Hungry HipposGameMarbles race to be gobbled up by your hippo
- Mouse TrapGameBuild a silly contraption to catch the mouse
- Othello (Reversi)GameFlip your opponent's discs by trapping them between yours
- Tic-tac-toeGameGet three of your marks in a row
- HangmanGameGuess letters to reveal a word before the drawing is done
- Dots and BoxesGameDraw lines to complete boxes
- SudokuGameFill a grid so each row, column and box has 1 to 9
- Rubik's CubeGameTwist the faces until each side is one color
- TangramGameArrange seven shapes to make a picture
- Jigsaw puzzleGameFit pieces together to make a picture
- StrategoGameCapture the opponent's flag using hidden ranked pieces
- PenteGameGet five stones in a row
- Nine Men's MorrisGameMake 'mills' of three in a row to capture
- SenetGameAn ancient Egyptian race game
- Royal Game of UrGameAn ancient game from Mesopotamia, about 4,500 years old
- PachisiGameThe ancient Indian game that Parcheesi and Ludo came from
- Snakes and LaddersGameThe Indian game that inspired Chutes and Ladders
- DieGameOne of a pair of dice; has six sides with 1 to 6 dots
- Opposite sides of a standard die add toGame7
- PawnGameA small game piece that moves on the board
- TurnGameYour chance to play
- Fair playGameFollowing the rules and being kind whether you win or lose
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