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Ludo ( / ˈljuːdoʊ /; from Latin ludo ' [I] play') is a strategy board game for two to four [a] players, in which the players race their four tokens from start to finish according to the rolls of a single die. Like other cross and circle games, Ludo is derived from Bharat, the Indian game Pachisi. [1] The game and its variations are popular ...
Dominoes is a family of tile-based games played with gaming pieces. Each domino is a rectangular tile, usually with a line dividing its face into two square ends. Each end is marked with a number of spots (also called pips or dots) or is blank. The backs of the tiles in a set are indistinguishable, either blank or having some common design.
A physical item included in the game. E.g. the box itself, the board, the cards, the tokens, zipper-lock bags, inserts, rule books, etc. See also equipment. counter. See piece. currency. A scoring mechanic used by some games to determine the winner, e.g. money ( Monopoly) or counters ( Zohn Ahl ).
Mancala. Bao players in Mozambique. Mancala ( Arabic: منقلة manqalah) is a family of two-player turn-based strategy board games played with small stones, beans, or seeds and rows of holes or pits in the earth, a board or other playing surface. The objective is usually to capture all or some set of the opponent's pieces.
Irish, Nard. Origin: = 17th-century England. Descended from: Irish. Backgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables games, whose ancestors date back nearly 5,000 years to the regions of Mesopotamia and Persia.
Crowd-sourcing for board games is a large facet of the market, with $233 million raised on Kickstarter in 2020. [55] A 1991 estimate for the global board game market was over $1.2 billion. [56] A 2001 estimate for the United States "board games and puzzle" market gave a value of under $400 million, and for United Kingdom, of about £50 million ...
The classic multi-player marble board game for fans of Parchisi, Aggravation®, Trouble®, Sorry®, and Ludo! By Masque Publishing. Advertisement.
Rivals for Catan, published in 2010, is a two-player strategy game for expert players that plays like a board game, and The Struggle for Catan, published in 2011, is a two- to four-player game that plays more like a card game and is suitable for Catan novices. [31] [32] Catan Junior is a 2012 spinoff for families with children.