Board game

A board game is any game played with a premarked surface, with counters or pieces that are moved across the board. Simple board games are often seen as ideal "family entertainment" as they can provide entertainment for all ages. Some board games, such as chess or Go, have intense strategic value and have become lasting classics.

External links

General

• The World of Abstract Games - list of abstract board games with detailed rules
• BoardGameGeek - BoardGameGeek is a board gaming database, including user reviews and rankings, photos, rules, translations, faqs strategies, and session reports. It contains over 20,000 individual boardgame entries.
• Games-db - features a board game database
• The Little Woodshop - A brief history of board games, from past to present
• Internet Top 100 Games List - The Internet Top 100 Games List compiles overall rankings from player ratings of board games sent in by email.
• - Usenet newsgroup

Specialist information

• Traditional Games - includes information on classical games.
• 1970s Vintage Boardgames - UK 1970s rare vintage board games.
• Carrom - Traditional Asian board game played by 2 or 4 players.

Game design

• The Board Game Designers Forum - a forum for amateur and published board game designers with chats, workshops, competitions, news, game reviews and, of course, forums on design, prototyping, publishing and many other subjects.

Magazines

• The Games Journal - a boardgaming monthly; good source for in-depth articles about boardgaming.
• International Journal for the Study of Board Games

Gaming organizations

• Boardgame Players Association - World Boardgaming Championships
• GenCon
• Origins Game Fair

Online play

• World of Board Games - BrettspielWelt. About 50 board games to play online for free. A big community of active board gamers gather around this site.
• GamesByEmail.com - correspondence gaming site.
• Kurnik Online Games - hassle-free online gaming site with lots of board and card games.
• You Play It - play online many famous board games. Free site without advertising.
• Citadels - Play Bruno Faidutti's game online, alone versus bots or against human players