board game
noun
plural board games
: a game (such as checkers, chess, or backgammon) played by placing or moving pieces on a board
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Current workers can improve them through daily habits ranging from playing strategic board games to asking more questions, research shows.
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Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
Golden Gamers: 11 a.m.-noon, Ramona Community Library, 1275 Main St. Join us for board games and card games for adults.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Cottle previously encouraged customers to come early, socialize and play board games and cornhole, allowing visitors to mix and mingle before the lights turn off — both the lights in the concessions area and the sunlight.
—Joseph Hernandez
august 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
Many historians believe that modern chess originated from chaturanga, an ancient Indian board game that spread to the world via traders, pilgrims and conquerors.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 5 Aug. 2025
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Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
Golden Gamers: 11 a.m.-noon, Ramona Community Library, 1275 Main St. Join us for board games and card games for adults.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Cottle previously encouraged customers to come early, socialize and play board games and cornhole, allowing visitors to mix and mingle before the lights turn off — both the lights in the concessions area and the sunlight.
—Joseph Hernandez
august 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
Many historians believe that modern chess originated from chaturanga, an ancient Indian board game that spread to the world via traders, pilgrims and conquerors.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Board game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/board%20game. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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