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====Board games====
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[[File:Clann.jpg|thumb|right|[[Parcheesi]] is an American adaptation of a [[Pachisi]], originating in India.]]
Board games use as a central tool a board on which the players' status, resources, and progress are tracked using physical tokens. Many also involve [[dice]] or cards. Most games that simulate war are board games (though a large number of video games have been created to simulate strategic combat), and the board may be a map on which the players' tokens move. Virtually all board games involve "turn-based" play; one player contemplates and then makes a move, then the next player does the same, and a player can only act on their turn. This is opposed to "real-time" play as is found in some card games, most sports and most video games.

Some games, such as [[chess]] and [[Go (game)|Go]], are entirely deterministic, relying only on the strategy element for their interest. Such games are usually described as having "[[perfect information]]"; the only unknown is the exact thought processes of one's opponent, not the outcome of any unknown event inherent in the game (such as a card draw or die roll). Children's games, on the other hand, tend to be very luck-based, with games such as [[Candy Land]] and [[Chutes and Ladders]] having virtually no decisions to be made. By some definitions, such as that by [[Greg Costikyan]], they are not games since there are no decisions to make which affect the outcome.<ref name="no words"/> Many other games involving a high degree of luck do not allow direct attacks between opponents; the random event simply determines a gain or loss in the standing of the current player within the game, which is independent of any other player; the "game" then is actually a "race" by definitions such as Crawford's.

Most other board games combine strategy and luck factors; the game of [[backgammon]] requires players to decide the best strategic move based on the roll of two [[dice]]. Trivia games have a great deal of randomness based on the questions a person gets. [[German-style board game]]s are notable for often having rather less of a luck factor than many board games.

Board game groups include [[race games]], [[:Category:Roll-and-move board games|roll-and-move]] games, [[abstract strategy games]], [[word games]], and [[wargaming|wargames]], as well as [[trivia]] and other elements. Some board games fall into multiple groups or incorporate elements of other genres: [[Cranium (game)|Cranium]] is one popular example, where players must succeed in each of four skills: artistry, live performance, trivia, and language.