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).
Most popular board game games
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Twilight 2000
DOS19914.3/5 Paragon Software
Space Hulk
DOS19934.3/5 Electronic Arts
Space Hulk is an abandoned real-time tactical strategy game set in the Warhammer 40000 universe, developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for DOS and Amiga systems. In Space Hulk, the player is tasked with wiping out hordes of aliens by the means of a squad of Space Marines armored and armed to the teeth. Space Hulk is the adaptation...
Global Conquest
DOS19924.3/5 Ozark Softscape
Ogre
DOS19864.2/5 Origin Systems
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.
Dogs of War
Windows XP/98/951996demo4.2/5 Software Engineering
Clue Master Detective
DOS19894.2/5 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.
Gulf Strike
DOS19864.2/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz
Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 Wargaming West
Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance
Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Synergistic Software
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...
Classic Concentration
DOS19884.2/5 Softie
Axis and Allies
Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Wargaming West
Renegade Legion Interceptor
DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Monopoly
DOS19854.1/5
Fooblitzsky
DOS19864.1/5 Infocom
Othello
DOS19864.1/5
Settlers of Catan
DOS19984.1/5
WinRisk
Windows 3.x19924.1/5
Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space
DOS19934.1/5 Strategic Visions
Epidemic!
DOS1983protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter
DOS19914.1/5 Pc globe
King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok
DOS1993protected4.1/5 Imagitec Design
Galaxy
DOS19814.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Fields of Glory
DOS1993protected4.1/5 MicroProse Software
Checkers for Windows
Windows 3.x19974.1/5
Nuclear War
DOS19894/5 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...
Mah Jongg Solitaire
DOS19874/5 Arcanum Computing
Monopoly Deluxe
DOSWindows 3.x19924/5 Parker Brothers
Monopoly Deluxe is an abandoned turn-based top-down Monopoly adaptation of the classic board game, developed by Parker Brothers and released by Virgin Interactive in 1992. Monopoly Deluxe was published for DOS, Windows 3.1, and Macintosh.
Advanced Civilization
DOS19954/5 Avalon Hill