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Board Games

Board games are tabletop games that typically use pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well.

Most feature a competition between two or more players. In checkers, a player wins by capturing all opposing pieces, while Eurogames often end with a calculation of final scores. Pandemic is a cooperative game where players all win or lose as a team, and peg solitaire is a puzzle for one person.

There are many varieties of board games. Their representation of real-life situations can range from having no inherent theme, such as checkers, to having a specific theme and narrative, such as Cluedo. Rules can range from the very simple, such as in Snakes and Ladders; to deeply complex, as in Advanced Squad Leader. Reference: Wikipedia

This category has information and price guides to a variety of board games including race games and chess.

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A parcel-gilt silver and ivory chess piece (knight), unmarked, probably Hanau, circa 1900
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Chess Pieces

Chess pieces can be collectible in their own right. A chess set consists of 32 pieces, 16 on each sides. Normally they are black and white but sometimes they can…
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Mcloughlin Bros. Game of the Automobile Race
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Race Board Games

Race Board Games. Race games are a large category of board games, in which the object is to be the first to move all one's pieces to the end of…
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Game pieces Egyptian New Kingdom, early Dynasty 181539–1458 B.C.
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Senet

Senet is the oldest known board game. Fragmentary boards that could be senet have been found in First Dynasty burials in Egypt, c. 3100 BCE. The first unequivocal painting of…
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Prisoner of War Chess Set
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War Chess Sets

War Chess Sets. Chess sets which depict wars are very collectible. Some were made during the war years while others commemorate wars. Both antique and modern chess sets in these…
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Herend Chess Set
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Porcelain Chess Sets

Porcelain chess sets can be extremely collectible and antique ones can be very rare. Companies such as Meissen and The Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin produced them. Below are some examples…
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