Board Games and Card Games: A to Z
By Erik Arneson, About.com Guide to Board / Card Games
Here's a collection of information, including reviews, strategy tips and interviews, about hundreds of board games and card games.
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- Board Games and Card Games: A
- Board Games and Card Games: B
- Board Games and Card Games: C
- Board Games and Card Games: D
- Board Games and Card Games: E
- Board Games and Card Games: F
- Board Games and Card Games: G
- Board Games and Card Games: H
- Board Games and Card Games: I-J-K
- Board Games and Card Games: L
- Board Games and Card Games: M
- Board Games and Card Games: N-O
- Board Games and Card Games: P
- Board Games and Card Games: Q-R
- Board Games and Card Games: S
- Board Games and Card Games: T
- Board Games and Card Games: U-V
- Board Games and Card Games: W
- Board Games and Card Games: X-Y-Z
Board Games and Card Games: #
1960: The Making of the President is one of the best games I've evern played, while 1313 Dead End Drive is an updated classic.
Board Games and Card Games: A
Among the games in this section are an all-time classic strategy game (Acquire), a laugh-out-loud party game (Apples to Apples), and a terrific children's card game (Authors).
- Acquire
- Adel Verpflichtet / Hoity Toity
- American Idol All-Star Challenge DVD Game
- American Idol Board Game
- Amuse Amaze
- APBA Baseball
Board Games and Card Games: B
I always have a great time playing many of the games in this section, including the mythological war game BattleLore, the haunted house game Betrayal at House on the Hill, and the classic word game Boggle.
Board Games and Card Games: C
Information and resources about board games and card games with titles which begin with the letter C.
- Candyland
- Carcassonne
- Card Football
- Checkered Game of Life, The
- Checkers and Draughts
- Chutes and Ladders
- Civilization
- Clans
- Clash of the Gladiators
- Cleopatra and the Society of Architects
- Clue / Cluedo
- Coda
- Concentration / Memory
- Cosmic Catch
- Cosmic Encounter
- Covert Action
- Cranium
- Crazy Eights
- Crokinole
Board Games and Card Games: D
Information and resources about board games and card games with titles which begin with the letter D.
Board Games and Card Games: E
Two classic games really stand out in this section: Euchre, a public domain card game wich can be described as simplified Bridge; and Electric Football, which has entertained people for decades.
Board Games and Card Games: F
Fireball Island is a memorable children's game from the 1980s, while Facts in Five is a trivia game from the 1960s that stands up well even today.
- Fireball Island
- Fish Eat Fish
- Fist of Dragonstones
- Foosball / Table Soccer
- Football Strategy
- Free Parking
Board Games and Card Games: G
Some classic games, like Go, Ghosts and Go Fish, are included in this section along with the controversial Ghettopoly and the addictive Golo Golf Dice.
Board Games and Card Games: H
HeroScape is one of my favorite games, while the card game Hearts has legions of fans all over the world.
- Hannah Montana Girl Talk
- Hannah Montana Uno
- Hare & Tortoise
- Harry Potter Games
- Harry's Grand Slam Baseball
- Hearts
Board Games and Card Games: I-J-K
Of the games included in this section, Kriegspiel is probably the original war game, I Doubt It is a great family card game, and Inkognito is a terrific deduction game.
Board Games and Card Games: L
Several Lord of the Rings board games are included here, along with the classic bluffing game Liar Dice.
Board Games and Card Games: M
This section includes Magic: the Gathering, the first mega-popular collectible card game; the ancient game Mancala; the classic real estate game Monopoly; and the clever deduction game Mr. Jack.
- Monopoly
- Monopoly America Edition
- Monopoly Here & Now U.S. Edition
- Monopoly Here & Now World Edition
- Monopoly Town
- Mr. Jack
- Mykerinos
- Mystery of the Abbey
Board Games and Card Games: N-O
Odin's Ravens is an excellent two-player card game, while Oh Hell really shines with 5 to 7 players.
- Neopets Trading Card Game
- New York Minute with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
- Nine Men's Morris
- Odin's Ravens
Board Games and Card Games: P
There's something for just about everyone in this section, with great card games like Parlay and Poker, the tremendously fun Pizza Box Football, the brilliant strategy board game Puerto Rico and classics like Parcheesi, Pente, and Password.
- Parcheesi / Pachisi
- Parlay
- Pass the Pigs
- Password
- PDQ - Pretty Darn Quick Word Game
- Pecking Order
- Pente
- People Magazine Game
- Petcha Didn't Know
- Pictionary
- Pig
- Pink Godzilla Dev Kit
- Pirateology
- Pirates of the Caribbean DVD Treasure Hunt
- Pit
- Pitch
- Pizarro & Co.
- Pizza Box Football
- Poison
- Puerto Rico
Board Games and Card Games: Q-R
Ra is my favorite auction game, while Reversi, Risk and Rook are modern classics.
Board Games and Card Games: S
A great diversity of games are included in this section, including public domain card games like Slapjack, Snap and Spoons; a collection of Star Wars games; the great DVD game Scene It?; and wonderful family strategy games like Settlers of Catan and Scotland Yard.
- Salvo / Battleships
- Scandal Monger
- Scene It?
- Scotland Yard
- Scrabble
- Settlers of Catan
- Shadows Over Camelot
- Shear Panic
- Silk Road
- Slapjack
- Smarty Party
- Snap
- Solitaire Card Games
- Sorry!
- Spades
- Spit / Speed / Slam
- Spoons / Tongue / Pig
- Squint
- Star Wars Attacktix
- Survivor
Board Games and Card Games: T
Two of my favorite party games are in this group: Thingamajig and The Touch. Also here are a great dice game (To Court the King), an absolute top-notch family strategy game (Ticket to Ride), the best-selling trivia game of all time (Trivial Pursuit), and a great strategy game based on the Cold War (Twilight Struggle).
- To Court the King
- Top Trumps
- Touch, The
- Touring
- Transformers 3D Battle-Card Game
- Trivial Pursuit
- Twilight Struggle
- Twister
Board Games and Card Games: U-V
In addition to the very popular family card game Uno, this section includes Unspeakable Words, an off-beat word game, and Voltage, a very good two-player card game.
Board Games and Card Games: W
My favorite trivia game, Wits & Wagers, is among the games in this section, along with the fun dexterity game Wallamoppi, the brilliant war game We the people, and the clever paper-and-pencil game Word Squares.
Board Games and Card Games: X-Y-Z
The classic dice game Yahtzee, the award-winning Zooloretto, and the frenetic race game Zig-Zag are among the games included here.
