<P> Playing games has been suggested as a viable addition to traditional educational curriculum . </P> <P> There are a number of ways in which board games can be classified, and considerable overlap may exist, so that a game belong in several categories . The following is a list of some of the most common: </P> <Ul> <Li> Abstract strategy games--e.g. chess, checkers, Go, Reversi, tafl games, or modern games such as Abalone, Halma, Stratego, Hive, or GIPF </Li> <Li> Alignment games--e.g. Renju, Gomoku, Connect6, Nine Men's Morris, or Tic - tac - toe </Li> <Li> Auction games--e.g. Hoity Toity </Li> <Li> Chess variants--traditional variants e.g. shogi, xiangqi, or janggi; modern variants e.g. Chess960, Grand Chess, Hexagonal chess, or Alice Chess </Li> <Li> Configuration games--e.g. Lines of Action, Hexade, or Entropy </Li> <Li> Connection games--e.g. TwixT, Hex, or Havannah </Li> <Li> Cooperative games--e.g. Max the Cat, Caves and Claws, or Pandemic </Li> <Li> Count and capture games--e.g. mancala games </Li> <Li> Cross and circle games--e.g. Yut, Ludo, or Aggravation </Li> <Li> Deduction games--e.g. Mastermind or Black Box </Li> <Li> Dexterity games--e.g. Tumblin' Dice or Pitch Car </Li> <Li> Economic simulation games--e.g. The Business Game, Monopoly, or The Game of Life </Li> <Li> Educational games--e.g. Arthur Saves the Planet, Cleopatra and the Society of Architects, or Shakespeare: The Bard Game </Li> <Li> Elimination games--e.g. draughts, Alquerque, Fanorona, Yoté, or Surakarta </Li> <Li> Family games--e.g. Roll Through the Ages, Birds on a Wire, or For Sale </Li> <Li> Fantasy games--e.g. Shadows Over Camelot </Li> <Li> German - style board games or Eurogames--e.g. The Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, Decatur The Game, Carson City, or Puerto Rico </Li> <Li> Guessing games--e.g. Pictionary or Battleship </Li> <Li> Hidden - movement games--e.g. Clue or Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space </Li> <Li> Hidden - role games--e.g. Mafia or The Resistance </Li> <Li> Historical simulation games--e.g. Through the Ages or Railways of the World </Li> <Li> Large multiplayer games--e.g. Take It Easy or Swat (2010) </Li> <Li> Learning / communication non-competitive games--e.g. The Ungame (1972) </Li> <Li> Mancala games--e.g. Wari, Oware, or The Glass Bead Game </Li> <Li> Multiplayer games--e.g. Risk, Monopoly, or Four - player chess </Li> <Li> Musical games--e.g. Spontuneous </Li> <Li> Negotiation games--e.g. Diplomacy </Li> <Li> Paper - and - pencil games--e.g. Tic - tac - toe or Dots and Boxes </Li> <Li> Physical skill games--e.g. Camp Granada </Li> <Li> Position games (no captures; win by leaving the opponent unable to move)--e.g. Konane, mū tōrere, or the L game </Li> <Li> Race games--e.g. Pachisi, backgammon, Snakes and Ladders, Hyena chase, or Worm Up </Li> <Li> Role - playing games--e.g. Dungeons & Dragons </Li> <Li> Roll - and - move games--e.g. Monopoly or Life </Li> <Li> Running - fight games--e.g. Bul </Li> <Li> Share - buying games (games in which players buy stakes in each other's positions)--typically longer economic - management games, e.g. Acquire or Panamax </Li> <Li> Single - player puzzle games--e.g. peg solitaire or Sudoku </Li> <Li> Spiritual development games (games with no winners or losers)--e.g. Transformation Game or Psyche's Key </Li> <Li> Storytelling games--e.g. Dixit or Tales of the Arabian Nights </Li> <Li> Stacking games--e.g. Lasca or DVONN </Li> <Li> Territory games--e.g. Go or Reversi </Li> <Li> Tile - based games--e.g. Carcassonne, Scrabble, Tigris and Euphrates, or Evo </Li> <Li> Train games--e.g. Ticket to Ride, Steam, or 18xx </Li> <Li> Trivia games--e.g. Trivial Pursuit </Li> <Li> Two - player - only themed games--e.g. En Garde or Dos de Mayo </Li> <Li> Unequal forces (or "hunt") games--e.g. Fox and Geese or Tablut </Li> <Li> Wargames--ranging from Risk, Diplomacy, or Axis & Allies, to Attack! or Conquest of the Empire </Li> <Li> Word games--e.g. Scrabble, Boggle, Anagrams, or What's My Word? (2010) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Abstract strategy games--e.g. chess, checkers, Go, Reversi, tafl games, or modern games such as Abalone, Halma, Stratego, Hive, or GIPF </Li>

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