If you enjoy playing games you probably have come across and played some of these Classic Board Games. Or maybe your are just now getting into playing board games, either way these are some great “classic” board games for you to try out!
#1. Scrabble
How’s your vocabulary? You’ll quickly see how you measure up to your friends and family when you play this classic board game! If you’ve never played Scrabble, it is fairly simple, you mix up letter tiles and draw out 7 for each player. The first player starts by forming a word on the center of the board from two or more of their tiles. Each letter has a point value and you keep adding up your points as you play. Then each player takes a turn adding words onto the board, and hopefully scoring some of the double or triple bonus squares that help boost your words points. It’s one of those classic board games because it still captures peoples interest year after year. They also have plenty of variations now – even Scrabble card games. So if you love words, this is your game!
Get your double word score with Scrabble!
#2. Monopoly
Okay, even if you haven’t played many board games, you most likely have heard of Monopoly. It’s a game of luck mixed with strategy. You roll the dice to see how many spaces you move around the board and when you land on certain spaces you can buy property or build and eventually make a monopoly by owning several together. Whenever another player lands on your property they have to pay you. You can negotiate and swap with your opponents as well. To keep things interesting, there are several twists thrown in and with so much going on in this game, it really can last for hours! So if you want to play Monopoly, make sure you have a long time if you intend to finish!
See if you can get Park Place and build your Monopoly!
#3. The Game of Life
The Game of Life is another great classic board game! You get to play through “life” as you move along the board. There are some things that happen by chance and others are by choice. Like, you can choose to do good deeds or help the community. Eventually you try to get the biggest retirement to win! This is fun for the whole family, and never gets old as it changes with each time you play!
Can you make the big bucks and retire happy in Life?
#4. Risk
So you want to take over the world? Well in the game of Risk that is exactly what you try to do! You start out by picking territories and placing your men there. At the beginning of each turn you gain reinforcements depending on where you are at on the board and build your army of men. Then you can attack other players with your armies to gain control of their territory. Your goal by the end is to control every territory and to take over the world! This game can also go on for quite a long time… I mean world domination doesn’t happen overnight right?
Go conquer your friends and take over the world!
#5. Dominoes
Dominoes is definitely one of the best classic board games because it can be played in so many variations that you’ll never be bored of it! One of the most common forms of play is when you place the domino tiles face down and shuffle them around. Each player draws 7 tiles and then the person with the highest double goes first by laying that domino down. The next person matches that tile with one side of their domino laying them so the matching side touches. If you can’t match the tile you draw from the pile until you can. The first to run out of dominoes wins! Simply entertaining!
How many Dominoes will you match up to win?
#6. Clue
How are your detective skills? In the game of Clue you try and use deductive reasoning to figure out who the murderer is! There are suspects, rooms and weapons and you move around the board into the rooms to accuse someone. The real murderer is chosen at the beginning of the game by randomly/secretly putting a person, room and weapon card into a special envelope so that no one can see. The rest of the cards are then dealt to the players. You can keep notes of what is in your hand and what is revealed through the game to figure out what is left and must be the actual murder. Your accusation is tested by having the person to your left look through there cards to see if they hold any cards and must reveal one to you. So, is it Mr. Green in the Library with the Rope?!
Go play Clue and find out!
#7. Yahtzee
Yahtzee is an exciting dice game with not much strategy involved. You roll several dice and try for different combinations to gain points. Each turn you have to decide which combination your trying for that time and roll the corresponding number of dice. You can gain 50 points if you get a Yahtzee which is a 5 of a kind! Great for all ages, but the kids love to play because they get to roll the dice so often!
Shake, Rattle and Roll your way to a Yahtzee!
#8. Checkers
Checkers is a simple and entertaining game for two players. Most everyone has played Checkers, but if not your missing out! The board is a “checker board” of black and blank squares and you set up your 12 pieces on each end in your designated color. Black pieces on black squares, red pieces on the blank ones. Then you move forward one piece at a time across the board only by moving to your nearest colored squares. Your goal is to capture your opponents pieces by jumping over them. When you can jump over their piece you remove it from the board. If you can get to the opponents furthest row of squares your piece is crowned “king” and another piece is placed on top of it. This piece can move in any direction, even backwards. Be the last one on the board to win!
So, will you be red or black as you double jump your way to victory?
#9. Battleship
You may have heard “You sunk my Battleship!” over the years, and of course it was referring to the classic game Battleship! This is another two player game that is fairly simple to learn. You have a peg board/grid, colored pegs and ships. You can place your ships anywhere on the grid. Then the first player will call out a code such as A-5 or D-2 and will put a peg in that space, you put a peg in the space on your lower half. Then you take turns until you sink your opponents ships by filling it with pegs. Try and stay afloat the longest!
Can you sink your friends before they sink you?
#10. Chess
Chess is certainly a classic board game but this one requires a little more of a learning curve. There is a specific way to set up the board with your army of 16 pieces, either black or white. Then you take turns moving your pieces across the board, however certain pieces can make certain moves. To win, you must trap your opponents leader – their king, and that is when you call out “checkmate”!
You’ll want to put your strategy skills to work in Chess!
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