This Cold War simulation game from Ananda Gupta and Jason Matthews published by GMT Games in 2005 has achieved critical acclaim.
Twilight Struggle
Designed by George Fox and inspired by Christian morality, it is one of the first board games published in the US. Players race on a spiral track that depicts virtues and vices. It inspired Milton Bradley's The Checkered Game of Life.
Mansion of Happiness
Hands down the most prestigious award for board games, it started in 1978 and has a distinctive logo of a red pawn with golden laurel wreath.
Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year)
Was invented in the 1940s by Eleanor Abbott as a recuperating pastime for children impacted by the then raging polio epidemic. Delightful locations within it include the Peppermint Stick Forest, Gumdrop Mountain, Molasses Swamp and Ice Cream Floats.
Candy Land
A distinctive feature of this game based on an Indian game Ludo is the "Pop-O-Matic" die container.
Trouble
This strategy board game has a layout that of a 1942 political map as it existed during WWII. Players take the role of one of the five major players of that conflict.
Axis & Allies
The German game designer with creations like Agricola and Bohnanza is known for his complex games that also reward solitary play.
Uwe Rosenberg
Milton Bradley was inspired by Mansion of Happiness to create this game as a simulation of a person's personal journey. Instead of dice, a spinning piece called teetotum is used.
(The Game of) Life
Albert Lamorisse who won an Oscar for The Red Balloon in 1956 created this popular game of conflict and conquest in which the world is divided into 42 territories.
Risk
In 2016, Lee Sedol famously played a series of games against a computer program in this game whose version is called as Weiqi in China.
Go (AlphaGo is the computer program)
This placement strategy game that is played with tiles is a bit like Scrabble and Rummikub.
Qwirkle
Matt Leacock's 2008 game already called a classic became even more famous in recent times for pertinent reasons. Two to four players can take the roles of dispatcher, medic, scientist, researcher, operations expert, contingency planner, or quarantine specialist.
Pandemic
May not strictly be called a board game, this electronic game from Marvin Glass based on memory-testing looks like a bit like the Chrome browser logo.
Simon
If you are playing this quiz, you must be able to name this game created by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott from Montreal.
Trivial Pursuit
Players roll dice to make certain combinations in this game which takes its name from the fact that a Canadian couple created it on their sailboat.
Yahtzee
Card game based on ethical dilemmas invented by Henry Makow in 1984.
Scruples/ A Question of Scruples
The Uncommons in Manhattan and Snakes & Lattes in Toronto are popular locations that can be classified as these.
Board game cafes
This party game in which players complete statements using raunchy and insensitive words has been called an adult version of Apples to Apples.
Cards Against Humanity
This ancient game that is sometimes called a predecessor of backgammon got its name because it was rediscovered by the English archaeologist Leonard Woolley during his excavations of a certain Mesopotamian city in the 1920s.
Game of Ur
A strategy game for two whose winner is determined to be the first player to remove all of his playing pieces from the board. It likely originated from the Game of Ur and is very popular in Iran. Alexis Obolensky who spearheaded efforts to make it popular in the 1960s is sometimes called as the father of this game.
Backgammon
Klaus Teuber who was obsessed with Vikings created this classic that features the tagline "Trade Build Settle".
Catan
Eponymous British company found in Leeds that owned Cluedo until it was taken over by Hasbro. It also published Monopoly in Britain and used the game boards for spying during WWII.
Waddingtons
The name of this game refers to distance markers on many French roads and is believed to have been based on similar American board game called Touring.
Mille Bornes
The name of this board game based on the American Revolution comes from the Preamble to the United States Constitution.
We the People
Oware of Ashanti and Bao of East Africa are two of the several variants of this turn-based strategy board game whose name derived from the Arabic for "to move".
Mancala
Komikan of the Incas and Fidchell of the Irish are variants of this universally popular board game.
Chess
Bumps and Grinds, Seduction, Foreplay, Monogamy are all examples of sex-themed board games. Game of Good Sex was from this famous sex therapist.
Dr. Ruth (Westheimer)
A scissor-tailed flycatcher can be seen on the cover of this recent classic.
Wingspan
Alfred Mosher Butts was inspired by the classic Edgar Allan Poe story The Gold Bug and invented this classic.
Scrabble
SPIEL, the world's biggest fair for board games is held annually in this German city.
Essen
In this game based on the ancient Indian game Pachisi, players try to get their pieces to their home base.
Sorry!
The game mahjong means this - derived from the clacking of tiles during shuffling that is said to sound like the chattering of these.
Sparrow
A non-competitive board game created by Rhea Zakich in 1972 which is meant to stimulate open conversation.
The Ungame
This game can be traced back to "The Landlord's Game" invented by Elizabeth Magie who believed in the 'single tax' concept of economist Henry George.
Monopoly
This game that is set at Tudor Mansion was initially called as "Murder" by its creator Anthony Pratt. In one version, drawing a clock card makes one a victim and results in immediate withdrawal from the game.
Clue/ Cluedo
This five-letter ancient Egyptian game means "passing" and was likely played as a guide to the afterlife. It is frequently listed as the oldest board game ever.
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