Board Game Features

Explore different ways to play, then try a game that interests you on the board.

• Board Game History: Games by Date

  From an ancient board to modern books and equipment: explore documented dates and games you can play today.

  18 games featured

• Shogi Variants and Rule Differences

  Compare 28 shogi games and two related games by boards, reuse of captured pieces and winning goals.

  30 games featured

• Types of Sugoroku and How to Play

  Compare movement and finishing rules in board and picture sugoroku, plus related dice-driven race games.

  9 games featured

• Place, Surround or Connect: Strategy Board Games Compared

  Compare rows, territory, connections and captures through board sizes, actions and winning goals.

  15 games featured

• Chinese Board Games: Compare Xiangqi, Go, Mahjong and a Picture Race

  Compare Xiangqi, Go, Mahjong and a Leifeng Pagoda picture race by equipment, actions and winning goals, with sources and the rules you can play today.

  4 games featured

• Dice Games: Compare Types, Rules and Uses of Rolls

  Compare dice used for combinations, scoring, hidden claims and movement, including rerolls and the choices after a throw.

  10 games featured

• Hanafuda Games: Compare the Ways to Play

  Compare flower-card games by matching months or adding values, player count, round endings and scoring.

  5 games featured

• Paper-and-Pencil Games: Compare Guessing, Territory and Drawing

  Compare paper supplies and the choices in guessing, territory, drawing and writing games, then choose one for your group.

  6 games featured

• Types of Playing Card Games: Choose by How They Play

  Compare what you do with playing cards and what you aim for: empty hands, combinations, tricks and more.

  29 games featured

• Games for School Trips: Pick a Game for a Small Group in the Room

  Pick card, drawing and bluffing games for a shared room by players, time, spoken calls and learning effort.

  6 games featured

• Solo Puzzles and Card Games

  Compare rearranging cards, removing pairs, deducing numbers and remembering locations, including time and ways to recover.

  8 games featured

• Trick-Taking Card Games: Compare the Ways to Win Tricks

  Compare how playing one card at a time leads to different goals, bids, trumps and partnerships.

  9 games featured

• Chess and Shogi Around the World: Boards and Pieces

  Compare regional chess and shogi games with modern variants through boards, captures, players, visibility and winning goals.

  9 games featured

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