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Posted by js3oo082
 - December 16, 2010, 05:15:55 AM
Action Packed War Board Games
War board game is a classification of board games that depict either a non-fictional or fictional military operation.  These games requiring strategy have different complexity level which could be simple or high level.  First to be released in 1954 was the Tactics by Charles Robert which had two editions, Tactics II and 25th Anniversary, where its game mechanics became the benchmark for the other board games.  The Axis and Allies, designed for 2 to 5 players, has a World War II setting and depends on strategy.  The players can act as part of the Axis powers or with the Allies.   The game comprises a dice, 299 detailed playing pieces, chips, markers, and IPC.  The game already has revisions namely Axis and Allies Battle of the Bulge, Axis and Allies Guadalcanal, Allies D-Day, and Axis and Allies Revised.  The Risk is another known war board game where the players struggle to dominate 42 territories.  Alternative picks for war board games are Memoir 44, War on Terror, Advance Squad Leader, Stratego, and A House Divided. 
Board Games Employing Physical Aptitudes
Board games of Physical Skills or also known as dexterity games are those that need coordination, physical, and mental abilities to dominate the game.  They put players to an ultimate test since they require discretion, agility, and coordination.  Examples of these games include Crokinole, an almost 140 year old game developed in Canada by Eckhardt Wettlaufer.  The game is a blend of East Indian, French, German ,and English games utilizing checker sized disks and a game board with rings that has matching points.  In the game, which is played by two teams and each team consists of two to four players, the checker sized disks are tapped or flipped from the outer edge of the gaming board and with the intention of hitting the boards center but to hit the opponents disks that are already on the board otherwise the turn is considered foul.  Some other board games that require physical skills are Subboteo, Kerplunk, Carabande, Twister,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Jenga, Perfection,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Topple,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Carrom, and other board games that use physical skills. 
Participating in Two Player Board Games
Some board games are designed entirely for only two players to enjoy and can never be played by more than two people.  These sorts of board games can be appropriate for playing with your wife, friend, companion or buddy.  The Abalone is a strategy board game played by each player having two sets of fourteen marbles each in a hexagonal game board with 61 spaces.  The game is played by driving the opponents marbles out of the game board.  Another game is the Chinese Checker with a goal of moving the pieces to the opposite side where the player started, and is played on a six-pointed star shaped board.  The Othello is a game played on an 8 row and 8 column board also with two sets of pieces and its goal of retaining the most number of pieces at the end of the game.  Alternatives of games that can be played by two players are Suguroku, Stratego, Kamisado, Obsession, Backgammon, Plateau, Cross and Circle, Downfall, and Checkers. 
Party Board Games
Known as The Game for the Whole Brain, Cranium is a party board game of 4-16 people.  This game is comprised of several activities and needs a player to have quite a few abilities.  It is created by Whit  Alexander and Richard Tait and published in 1998.  The game is played by dividing the players from two to four teams where each team has a mover which is initially set-up on the Planet Cranium start space and the order of the game starts with the player whose birthday is coming up and goes around to the next team in a counterclockwise manner.  To be declared the ultimate winner, each four categories should be won by the team which are Star performer where players sing,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, hum a song, impersonate celebrities or act our clues; words should be spelled, unscrambled, and guessed in Word Worm; correctly answer trivia questions in Data Head; and drawing and sculpting of clues is done in creative cat. 
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