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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Backgammon

DOS1984 IBM
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Acquire

DOS1989 IBM
Acquire (1989, DOS) brings boardroom drama to your DOS screen, turning you into a hotel tycoon in a game where the real enemy is... math. It's a faithful adaptation of the classic board game, complete with mergers, hostile takeove...
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Battlestar

Windows 3.x1996freeware
No, not that Battlestar. Battlestar (1996) is more obscure than a reboot that never happened. Set in deep space with a top-down view and UI only a Windows 3.x user could love, it mixes tactical combat and sci-fi storytelling like ...
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Full Metal Planete

DOSMac OS1990 Hitech Productions
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Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Windows 3.xMac OS1990 Activision
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King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected Imagitec Design
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Epidemic!

DOS1983protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Renegade Legion Interceptor

DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Firezone

DOS1988 Arcadia Systems
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Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary

DOS1987 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
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Global Conquest

DOS1992 Ozark Softscape
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Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw

DOS1989 Oxford Mobius
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La Colmena

DOS1992NSFW Opera Soft
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Felony!

DOS1984 BrainBank
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Moraff's Morejongg

Windows XP/98/951992 Moraffware
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Oligopoly

DOS1987 Pc design associates
Oligopoly is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by James Kerwin, developed by PC Design Associates and released by XOR Corporation in 1987 for DOS.
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Dragonriders of Pern

DOS1987 Everlasting
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The Ball Game

DOS1991 Esprit Software Programs
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Knight Exchange

DOS1988 Softdisk Publishing
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Gulf Strike

DOS1986 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Blitz Draughts

DOS1992 PC Solutions
Don’t let the title fool you — Blitz Draughts isn’t a military simulation but rather a gloriously intense checkers game from 1992. This DOS brain-bender turns the classic board game into a high-speed duel of wits...
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Backgammon

DOS1986
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Scrabble

DOS1989
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Stratego

DOS1990 Accolade
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Trivial Pursuit Deluxe

DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises