Games similar to board games or based on a tabletop game
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).
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221B Baker Street
DOS1986 Datasoft
221B Baker Street is a turn-based strategy strategy game developed by Datasoft. 221B Baker Street is base on the tabletop game of the same name "221B Baker Street" and it plays in a very similar way, with dices, etc.
4Play
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1995NSFW
4Play was a risqué trivia and multi-player board-style game released in the mid-1990s. Designed as a party game, it combined trivia questions, mini-games, and challenges that often leaned toward suggestive or adult themes. It was intended to be played in social settings, often among friends or couples, with the goal of breaking the...
5th Fleet
DOS1994
8088 Othello
DOS1985
A Line in the Sand
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Acquire
DOS1989 IBM
Advanced Civilization
DOS1995 Avalon Hill
Archon Ultra
DOS1994protected Free Fall Associates
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...
Autoduel
DOS1985 Origin Systems
Autoduel is an abandoned top-down open world post apocalyptic RPG/driving game hybrid designed by Chuck Bueche and Richard Garriott of Ultima fame. Autoduel was developed by Origin Systems and was released in 1985 for DOS, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, C64, Apple II, Macintosh, Amiga. Autoduel is based on a board game designed by Steve Jackson himself.
Axis and Allies
Windows XP/98/951998 Wargaming West
Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz
Windows XP/98/951999 Wargaming West
Backgammon
DOS1984 IBM
Backgammon
DOS1986
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.
Battle for Atlantis
DOS1990
Battleship
DOS1983 Mirror Images Software
Battlestar
Windows 3.x1996freeware
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception
DOS1988 Westwood Studios
Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance
Windows XP/98/951996 Synergistic Software
Black Crown
DOS1995
Blitz Draughts
DOS1992 PC Solutions
Bureau 13
DOS1995 Take-Two Interactive
Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter
DOS1991 Pc globe
Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space
DOS1993 Strategic Visions
Chaos Overlords
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected Stick Man Games
Chaos Overlords is a cyberpunk-themed strategy game developed by Stick Man Games and published by New World Computing in 1996. Set in a dystopian future, the game focuses on controlling the underworld of a city dominated by corrupt corporations and oppressive government forces. The player assumes the role of a crime lord, leading a gang with the go...
Checkers for Windows
Windows 3.x1997
Classic Concentration
DOS1988 Softie
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.
Codebreaker
DOS1994freeware