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The best 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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Crazy Nick's Software Picks: King Graham's Board Game Challenge

DOS1992 Sierra On-Line
Trade in your sword and crown for a dice cup in King Graham’s Board Game Challenge. The noble hero of King’s Quest takes a break from slaying dragons to play board game...
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The computer edition of Scrabble

DOS1989 Leisure Genius
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Firezone

DOS1988 Arcadia Systems
Firezone is one of those late-80s action titles that seems determined to test both your reflexes and your optimism. It drops you into hostile territory and expects you to cope. The...
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Backgammon

DOS1986
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Codebreaker

DOS1994freeware
Put on your mental trench coat, because Codebreaker is here to make you feel smart—or incredibly foolish. It’s a brain-teasing logic game where you deduce secret number...
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Turbo Gomoku

DOS1985
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Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye

Windows 3.xMac OS1990 Activision
Shanghai II: Dragon’s Eye (1990, Windows 3.x/Mac) takes the serene logic of mahjong solitaire and wraps it in a calm, almost meditative presentation. Tiles stack in intricate...
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Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw

DOS1989 Oxford Mobius