parlor game, parlour game - a game suitable for playing in a parlor

Scrabble - a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game

backgammon - a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice

checkers, draughts - a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces

chess game, chess - a game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king

Chinese checkers, Chinese chequers - a board game in which each player tries to move a set of marbles through a set of holes from one point of a six-pointed star to the opposite point

darts - a game in which darts are thrown at a dartboard

go game, go - a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters

halma - a board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases

beano, bingo, keno, lotto - a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards

ludo - a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice

Mah-Jongg, mahjong - Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles

Monopoly - a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die

pachisi - an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board

shove-ha'penny, shove-halfpenny, shovel board - a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark

snakes and ladders - a board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakes

noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe, tick-tack-toe, ticktacktoe, ticktacktoo, tit-tat-toe - a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a 3-by-3 board; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does

promote - be changed for a superior chess or checker piece