Board games

The classics that have kept people at the table for centuries, from quick lines of five to a long game of territory. Play against the computer at your own level, or pass the phone to whoever is sitting next to you.

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  Dominoes

  Match the ends, block your rivals and empty your hand: Draw, Block or All Fives, for 2 to 4 players.

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  Go (Weiqi, Baduk)

  Surround more of the board than your opponent, one stone at a time, on 9 × 9, 13 × 13 or 19 × 19.

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  Ludo

  Roll the dice, race your four tokens round the board and home, and knock rivals back to the start.

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  Checkers

  Jump your opponent’s pieces, chain the jumps together and crown your men as kings.

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  Four in a Row

  Drop your pieces down the columns and line up four before your opponent does.

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  Reversi

  Trap a line of discs between two of yours and flip every one of them.

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  Xiangqi (Chinese Chess)

  Cannons, horses and a river to cross. Trap the enemy general before yours is trapped.

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  Chess

  The full game, drawn in pencil. Play a friend or take on the computer.

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  Gomoku (Caro)

  Five in a row, the way it is played on the back page of a school notebook.