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Family Board Games

Family board games are fun and entertaining. The rules can be quite complex or can be very simple, depending on the game. Board games include strategy games, where you try to outwit your opposition (e.g. chess) or race games, where you try to beat other players around a course and get 'home' first (e.g. ludo).

While there are many excellent games you can buy commercially (such as Monopoly™, Scrabble™, Pictionary™ and Trivial Pursuit™), you can make many simple games at home or purchase them cheaply.

Here are some entertaining board games you can play together to while away those lazy Sunday afternoons or those wonderful holiday breaks. They are very easy to make yourself with just a minimal amount of equipment. You will find printable diagrams for many games to help make it even easier for you.

Race games are the easiest to play and are suitable for children and adults. Children love
Centennial,
Everest,
Snakes and Ladders,
Ludo, and
Chinese Checkers
(which is partly a race game and partly a strategy game, making it suitable for both older children and adults).

Adults may enjoy the challenge of
Backgammon
or Cluedo™.

Adults and older children may enjoy some strategy games, like
Achi,
Gobang,
Nine Holes,
Shepherds and Wolf,
Madelinette
Checkers (which is also known as Draughts)
Alquerque
Reversi
Chess including a sample Chess game,
Chinese Checkers,
Queen's Guard

Of course, the classic strategy board game for one player is
Solitaire.

Family board games are often simple to make, involving nothing more than some cardboard and coloured pencils or felt tip pens.

We have included some Printable Board Games which you can print (in colour or in black and white) and play at home. Have Fun!
Fox and Geese
Halma
Leapfrog
Quartette

We also have a printable Chess board
and a printable Checkers board

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