board game - A board game is a game played with counters or pieces that are placed on, removed from, or moved across a 'board' (a premarked surface, usually specific to that game). Simple board games often make ideal 'family entertainment' since they are often appropriate for all ages. Some board games, such as chess, go/weiqi, xiangqi, shogi, or oware, have intense strategic value and have been classics for centuries. There are many different types of board games. Many games simulate aspects of real life. Popular games of this type include: Monopoly, which simulates the real estate market Cluedo/Clue, which simulates a murder mystery Risk, which simulates warfare Other games only loosely, or do not at all, attempt to imitate reality. These games include: abstract strategy games like chess, checkers or go word games, like Scrabble trivia games, like Trivial Pursuit. combination games, like Brain Chain, which mix abstract strategy with trivia.