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board game

Also known as boardgame

game that involves counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules

AI overview

A board game is a game where players move or place pieces on a marked surface according to specific rules. Board games matter because they provide a structured form of entertainment and social interaction that has been enjoyed across cultures and centuries.

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Within Vinony's link graph, board game is referenced by 2,599 other articles, and connects out to Ludo, Scythe and go.

It is catalogued under topics including Board games, Egyptian inventions and History of board games.

Its subject is documented across 78 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: hobby
Subclass of: tabletop game
Image: Playing-risk.jpg

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Commons category: Board games
topic's main category: Category:Board games
uses: game board
has list: list of board games
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
hashtag: board_games
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Board and table games
different from: tabletop game
P8168: Niedersohren
Stack Exchange site URL: boardgames.stackexchange.com

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Encyclopedic overview

The board game Monopoly is licensed in 103 countries and printed in 37 languages. Young girls playing Alias in a library at Iisalmi, Finland, 2016

A board game is a type of tabletop game that involves small objects (game pieces) that are placed and moved in particular ways on a specially designed patterned game board, potentially including other components, e.g. dice. The earliest known uses of the term "board game" are between the 1840s and 1850s.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “board game” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.