Abandonware DOS title

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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The Ball Game

DOS1991 Esprit Software Programs
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The computer edition of Scrabble

DOS1989 Leisure Genius
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Theatre of War

DOS1992protected Artech Studios
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Trivial Pursuit

DOS1989
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 va...
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Trivial Pursuit Deluxe

DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
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Turbo Gomoku

DOS1985
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Twilight 2000

DOS1991 Paragon Software
Twilight 2000 drops you into a grim alternate future where global conflict has gone spectacularly wrong, and survival is less about heroics and more about scraping by. Released in ...
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WinRisk

Windows 3.x1992