What are board games?

The term board games includes all kinds of games the main element of which is a board. Players place on this board stones, tokens or pegs. The board itself can be one piece or put together before or during each game. In the well known strategy board game Carcassonne, for example, the players build their own board with land tiles during the game. In this entertaining game for adults and teenagers, the board game strategy becomes very important during playing the game. Although playing the game is much fun, the strategic aspect and the intellectual challenge are of utmost importance. In former times, popular board games were made of wood. Today’s new board games are also made of robust materials, mostly of very thick paper boards, plastic or even glass when thinking of decorative games such as chess.

Several categories of board games

To obtain a general overview of board games, it is reasonable to create categories. There are classic games such as backgammon or queen; educational board games and family board games such as ludo or halma. Besides these fun board games, there are also strategic games which are never out of fashion, for example Nine Men Morris. Also the categorization into game characteristics is therefore very reasonable: there are games of chance, games of skill as the chess board game and quiz games.

Classic board games and innovations

Besides classic board games for kids and family board games, there are also many new games on the market. Toys and games manufacturers as well as the board game wholesale in general face an increasing demand for new games, for example family board games for travelling, children board games with educational content or games which are based on movie heroes, animated film or comic characters.

 

Board game manufacturers and developers are continuously searching for new inspiration for exciting board games. Internationally successful games and toys companies are competing in award programs for creative, educational and fun board games. There are many awards in the industry for certain games characteristics. As it is getting harder and harder in the games industry to compete against the online games community and increasingly difficult to create a blockbuster game, the number of newly introduced games is logically ever increasing. In Germany, more than 600 games are presented on game and toy fairs each year.

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