The best board game games
Classic board games like Backgammon, Othello, Checkers were an inspiration to the first wave of developers for their simplicity and appeal. In time, modern board games like Diplomacy, Risk, Monopoly or Scrabble were also adapted in a number of games. And let's not forget the strategy games NOT based on actual tabletop games which gameplay is clearly inspired by board games (like the excellent Archon).
Most popular board game games
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Twilight 2000
DOS1991 Paragon Software
Global Conquest
DOS1992 Ozark Softscape
Space Hulk
DOS1993 Electronic Arts
Space Hulk is an abandoned real-time tactical strategy game set in the Warhammer 40000 universe, developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for DOS and Amiga systems. In Space Hulk, the player is tasked with wiping out hordes of aliens by the means of a squad of Space Marines armored and armed to the teeth. Space Hulk is the adaptation...
Battle Chess
DOS1988protected Interplay Productions
Chess was a niche genre in video gaming. There were lots of chess simulations: black and white very old games, licensed games from chess champions, etc. No one ever attempted to broaden the audience until Interplay published Battle Chess. Battle Chess appeal was almost entirely focused on the animations when two pieces ended on the same square.
Clue Master Detective
DOS1989 Dalali Software
Clue Master Detective is an abandoned strategy game developed by Dalali Software and released by Leisure Genius in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Clue Master Detective is based on the well known board game Clue (also known as Cluedo). Clue can be played in single player, but the best gaming experience come from the multi-player mode.
Ogre
DOS1986 Origin Systems
Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter
DOS1991 Pc globe
Gulf Strike
DOS1986 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance
Windows XP/98/951996 Synergistic Software
Archon: the Light and the Dark
DOS1984 Free Fall Associates
Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...
Classic Concentration
DOS1988 Softie
Axis and Allies
Windows XP/98/951998 Wargaming West
Renegade Legion Interceptor
DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz
Windows XP/98/951999 Wargaming West
Dogs of War
Windows XP/98/951996demo Software Engineering
Mah Jongg Solitaire
DOS1987 Arcanum Computing
Monopoly
DOS1985
Settlers of Catan
DOS1998
Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space
DOS1993 Strategic Visions
Fooblitzsky
DOS1986 Infocom
Othello
DOS1986
WinRisk
Windows 3.x1992
Epidemic!
DOS1983protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fields of Glory
DOS1993protected MicroProse Software
King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok
DOS1993protected Imagitec Design
Monopoly Deluxe
DOSWindows 3.x1992 Parker Brothers
Monopoly Deluxe is an abandoned turn-based top-down Monopoly adaptation of the classic board game, developed by Parker Brothers and released by Virgin Interactive in 1992. Monopoly Deluxe was published for DOS, Windows 3.1, and Macintosh.
Mario's Game Gallery
DOSMac OS1995 Presage Software
Nuclear War
DOS1989 New World Computing
Nuclear War is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by Eric Hyman and Jon Van Caneghem. Nuclear War was developed and released by New World Computing in 1989 for Amiga and, later, for DOS, and it's loosely based on a card game of the same name. Nuclear War took a satirical approach to the grim possibility of a global nuclear war and succe...
Checkers for Windows
Windows 3.x1997
Galaxy
DOS1981 Microcomputer Games Inc.