Topics: Board Games : Abstract

A game with little or no theme. Classic examples would be chess, go, and backgammon.

Alignment Games Alignment Games View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
The goal of these games is to arrange pieces in a straight line.
5ive Straight, Contigo, Doubles Wild, Link Five, Morabaraba, More »

Battle Games Battle Games View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Battle games all use a number of different types of pieces, each with different styles of movement.
Amazons, Bosworth, Cannon, Chess, Elemental, More »

Capturing Games Capturing Games View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
The goal of a capturing game is to deplete the number of stones controlled by your opponent, typically by jumping.
Alquerque, Checkers, Corx, Gess, Lasca, More »

Connection Games Connection Games View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
In general, the goal in a connection game is to connect two sides of the board with playing pieces while preventing your opponent from connecting the opposite sides.
Gale, Hex, Kanga, Kensington, Lines of Action, More »

Mancala Games Mancala Games View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
A Mancala game is a game played with seeds, stones or sea-shells on a wooden board with a number of holes.
2 Row Games, 4 Row Games, More »

Race Games Race Games View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
The goal of a race game is to be the first to get your pieces in the winning arrangement or location, while preventing your opponent from doing the same.
Accasta, Aggravation, Backgammon, Bailiwick, Bonkers, More »

Territory Games Territory Games View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
The goal of a territory game is to control the most area on the board.
Abalone, Ataxx, Go, Kahuna, Reversi, More »

Unequal Forces Unequal Forces View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Games where the players have different numbers of pieces, the pieces of one player have different abilities than the pieces of the other player, or the players have different goals to win the game.
Bagha Chal, Breakthru, Mandua, Master Mind, Tafl, More »

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