Classic Board Games
A beginner-friendly guide to classic board games, with simple explanations of the rules, setup, and how each game is played.
Backgammon
Backgammon is a game played on a board between two players, each trying to move their fifteen counters around and off the board before the other.
Read more →Battleships
Battleships is a two-player guessing game in which each player conceals a fleet of ships on a grid and takes turns calling coordinates to locate and sink the opponent's fleet.
Read more →Chess
Chess is a two-player strategy game played on an 8×8 board where each player manoeuvres sixteen pieces, aiming to checkmate the opponent's king.
Read more →Checkers / Draughts
Checkers, also known as Draughts, is a two-player strategy game played on an 8×8 board where players move pieces diagonally and capture opponents by jumping over them.
Read more →Cluedo
Cluedo is a deduction game for two to six players who must determine which suspect committed a murder, in which room, and with which weapon.
Read more →Connect 4
Connect 4 is a two-player game in which players drop coloured discs into a seven-column, six-row grid, aiming to be the first to form a line of four in any direction.
Read more →Dominoes
Dominoes is a tile-matching game in which players place rectangular tiles end-to-end by matching the number of dots, aiming to empty their hand before their opponents.
Read more →Go
Go is a two-player strategy game played on a grid where players alternate placing black or white stones to surround territory and capture opponent stones.
Read more →Jenga
Jenga is a game in which players take turns removing individual wooden blocks from a stacked tower and placing them on top, until the structure falls.
Read more →Ludo
Ludo is a board game for two to four players who roll a die to race four tokens around a cross-shaped track, sending opponents back to start by landing on the same square.
Read more →Monopoly
Monopoly is a property-trading game for two to six players who buy, develop, and rent properties to collect income and eliminate opponents.
Read more →Othello
Othello, also known as Reversi, is a two-player strategy game played on an 8×8 board where players place discs to outflank and flip the opponent's pieces, aiming to hold the majority at game end.
Read more →Risk
Place armies on a world map and roll dice to take land from other players. Learn how to set up, fight a battle, and win by taking the whole board.
Read more →Scrabble
Scrabble is a word game for two to four players who draw letter tiles and form words on a crossword-style board, scoring points based on letter values and board squares.
Read more →Snakes and Ladders
Snakes and Ladders is a race game for two or more players in which dice rolls move pieces along a numbered grid, with ladders advancing pieces forward and snakes sending them back.
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