Abandonware DOS title

The most popular 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).
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Felony!

DOS19844/5 BrainBank
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Archon: the Light and the Dark

DOS19844.2/5 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...
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Twilight 2000

DOS19914.2/5 Paragon Software
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8088 Othello

DOS19853.5/5
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Crazy Nick's Parlor Games with Laura Bow

DOS19923.4/5 Sierra On-Line
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Computer Diplomacy

DOS19843.6/5 Avalon Hill
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Mario's Game Gallery

DOSMac OS19953.8/5 Presage Software
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Dragon Strike

DOS1990protected3.2/5 Westwood Studios
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Gulf Strike

DOS19864.2/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Black Crown

DOS19953.8/5
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Blitz Draughts

DOS19923.7/5 PC Solutions
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Harpoon

DOS1989protected3.9/5 Three-Sixty Pacific
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Epidemic!

DOS1983protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Robot Rascals

DOS19873.8/5 Ozark Softscape
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Turbo Gomoku

DOS19853/5
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The Ball Game

DOS19913.9/5 Esprit Software Programs
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Monopoly

DOS19853.9/5
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Trivial Pursuit

DOS19893.4/5
Trivial Pursuit is a popular trivia board game that was adapted into a computer game for various platforms, including DOS. In the game, players answer trivia questions from various categories in order to collect pie pieces that correspond to those categories. The goal is to collect all the pie pieces and complete a full pie before your opponents.
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Acquire

DOS19893.9/5 IBM
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Archon Ultra

DOS1994protected3.7/5 Free Fall Associates
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Global Thermo War

DOS19853.9/5
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Ogre

DOS19864.2/5 Origin Systems
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Firezone

DOS19883.1/5 Arcadia Systems
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King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Imagitec Design
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Battle for Atlantis

DOS19903.8/5
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Settlers of Catan

DOS19984.1/5
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Lords of Conquest

DOS19873.6/5 Eon Software
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Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary

DOS19873.6/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
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Super Battleship

DOS19883.3/5
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Space 1889

DOS19903.9/5 Paragon Software
Space 1889 is an abandoned top down RPG developed by Paragon Software and released in 1990 for DOS, Atari ST and Amiga. Space 1889 setting is classic science fiction, but is set in the Victorian. It's worth noting that Space 1889 is loosely based on the tabletop game of the same name.