Abandonware DOS title

Games similar to board games or based on a tabletop game sorted by year, newest first

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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Scrabble

DOS19923.4/5 U.S. Gold
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Theatre of War

DOS1992protected3.3/5 Artech Studios
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Trivial Pursuit Deluxe

DOS19923.8/5 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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WinRisk

Windows 3.x19924.1/5
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Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter

DOS19914.1/5 Pc globe
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HeroQuest

DOSMac19913.9/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
HeroQuest is a classic video game adaptation of the popular board game HeroQuest, released in 1991 by Gremlin Interactive. HeroQuest faithfully recreates the turn-based, dungeon-crawling, and role-playing gameplay of the board game. Players take on the roles of different heroes, including a barbarian, dwarf, elf, and wizard, as they explo...
risk-3x-02

Risk

Windows 3.x19913.8/5 Azeroth
ballgame-1

The Ball Game

DOS19913.9/5 Esprit Software Programs
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Twilight 2000

DOS19914.1/5 Paragon Software
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Battle for Atlantis

DOS19903.8/5
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Death by Backgammon

DOS19903.3/5
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Dragon Strike

DOS1990protected3.1/5 Westwood Studios
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Full Metal Planete

DOSMac19903.9/5 Hitech Productions
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Ishido: The Way of the Stones

DOSMac19903.8/5 Publishing International
renegade-legion-interceptor-01

Renegade Legion Interceptor

DOS1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Windows 3.xMac19903/5 Activision
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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.
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Stratego

DOS19903.5/5 Accolade
acquire-1

Acquire

DOS19893.9/5 IBM
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Clue Master Detective

DOS19894.3/5 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.
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Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World

DOS19893.8/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Harpoon

DOS1989protected3.9/5 Three-Sixty Pacific
nuclearwar-1

Nuclear War

DOS19894.1/5 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...
pictionary-01

Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw

DOS19893/5 Oxford Mobius
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Risk: the World Conquest Game

DOS19893.8/5 Mastertronic
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Scrabble

DOS19893.6/5
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Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace

DOS19893.9/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
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The computer edition of Scrabble

DOS19893.2/5 Leisure Genius
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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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Battle Chess

DOS1988protected4.2/5 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.