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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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4Play

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1995NSFW
4Play was a risqué trivia and multi-player board-style game released in the mid-1990s. Designed as a party game, it combined trivia questions, mini-games, and challenges that often leaned toward suggestive or adult themes. It was intended to be played in social settings, often among friends or couples, with the goal of breaking the...
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Autoduel

DOS1985 Origin Systems
Autoduel is an abandoned top-down open world post apocalyptic RPG/driving game hybrid designed by Chuck Bueche and Richard Garriott of Ultima fame. Autoduel was developed by Origin Systems and was released in 1985 for DOS, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, C64, Apple II, Macintosh, Amiga. Autoduel is based on a board game designed by Steve Jackson himself.
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Advanced Civilization

DOS1995 Avalon Hill
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Axis and Allies

Windows XP/98/951998 Wargaming West
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Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz

Windows XP/98/951999 Wargaming West
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Battle Chess

DOS1988protected 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.
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Monopoly Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x1992 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.
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Space Hulk

DOS1993 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...
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Dark Legions

DOS1994protected Silicon Knights
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Mario's Game Gallery

DOSMac OS1995 Presage Software
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HeroQuest

DOSMac OS1991 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...
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Risk: the World Conquest Game

DOS1989 Mastertronic
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Archon: the Light and the Dark

DOS1984 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...
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Dogs of War

Windows XP/98/951996demo Software Engineering
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Acquire

DOS1989 IBM
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Archon Ultra

DOS1994protected Free Fall Associates
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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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Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance

Windows XP/98/951996 Synergistic Software
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Lords of Conquest

DOS1987 Eon Software
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Backgammon

DOS1986
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Blitz Draughts

DOS1992 PC Solutions
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Ogre

DOS1986 Origin Systems
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Felony!

DOS1984 BrainBank
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Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary

DOS1987 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
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221B Baker Street

DOS1986 Datasoft
221B Baker Street is a turn-based strategy strategy game developed by Datasoft. 221B Baker Street is base on the tabletop game of the same name "221B Baker Street" and it plays in a very similar way, with dices, etc.
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5th Fleet

DOS1994
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Robot Rascals

DOS1987 Ozark Softscape