Thematic list of games
The list of games leads all games ( motion games , board games , board games , card games , children's games , war games , dice games , etc.) thematically on, for which there is a separate article.
Movement games
- Ball-over-the-string , ball game
- Leapfrog , gymnastics game
- Globe (game) , cooperative game
- Hickelkasten , jumping game
- Chain breaking, running and fighting
- Tinkering , terrain game and street game
- Spider soccer , ball game
- Put sticks , pause and street play
- Dodgeball , ball game
- Spinning Top or Preckel , a top game
- Whip top , a top game
Board games
Backgammon variants
Variants of the backgammon game:
- Fevga, see Tavli
- Kotra , Icelandic variant of backgammon
- Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum , Roman forerunner of backgammon
- Plakoto, see Tavli
- Portes, see Tavli
- Sugoroku , ancient Japanese variant of backgammon
- Tabula , the Roman forerunner of backgammon
- Tavli , variant popular in Greece
- Toccadille
- Tric Trac , French variant of backgammon
- Wurfzabel , medieval dice board game
Lady variants
- Alquerque or quirkat , precursor of lady
- Checkers , old two-person board game
- Fanorona , from Madagascar
- Halma , classic board game
- Laska , two-person board game by Emanuel Lasker
- Salta , two-person board game by Konrad Büttgenbach
- Sternhalma (also Trilma , Chinese Checkers ), Halma variant on a star plan
Go Moku variants
- Bōku , played on a hexagonal board
- Connect6 , modern variant, presented by Wu and Huang in 2005
- Five in a row (Japanese Go-Moku ), classic strategy game
- Gobang , two-person board game from Japan
- Gobblet , two-person board game
- Ninuki Renju , two-person board game Katsuyiko Kubomatsu
- Pah Tum , very old game from Mesopotamia
- Pentago , two-person board game by Michael Flodén
- Pentalath , abstract two-person board game by Cameron Browne
- Pente , see Gobang
- Quarto! , Two-person board game
- Qubic , four wins in 3D
- Renju , Japanese variant of five in a row
- Sogo , spatial game
- Tic-Tac-Toe , a simple old two-person game
- Connect four , two-person strategy game
- Yavalath , modern variant by Cameron Browne
Mancala variants
Variants of the Mancala game:
- Bao or Bawo
- Bean game
- Congkak
- Cups
- Kalaha
- Lamlameta
- Luuth
- Moruba
- Obridjie
- Oware
- Sowing
- Sungka
- Vai lung thlan
- Warra
- Wauri
Pachisi variants
Variant of the old Indian pachisi game:
- Chaupar , Indian board game
- Chinese game , children's game, pachisi variant
- Hurry up , German and Swiss pachisi variants
- Catch the hat , classic board game
- Witches dance , Pachisi variant
- Jeu des petits chevaux , popular variant in France
- Karma game , ancient Tibetan board game
- Ladder game , board game
- Ludo , English version of Pachisi
- Malefiz , board game by Werner Schöppner
- Don't get angry , classic board game by Josef Friedrich Schmidt
- Parcheesi , American version of Pachisi
- Parchís , Spanish version of Pachisi
- Patchesi , English version of Pachisi
- Patolli , Aztec board game
- Petits chevaux, see Jeu des petits chevaux
- Devil's Wheel , board game
- Tock or Dog , Pachisi variant with marbles and cards
- Yut , traditional Korean board game
Chess variants
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Chess: the mating position of the immortal game .
- Atomic chess : If you hit, the pieces around you are also destroyed
- Peasant chess: Chess variant in which only pawns are played
- Chaturanga : Chess forerunner from India
- Chess960 : The line-up of the pieces on the basic row is redefined for each game
- Circe , a variant of chess in which captured pieces are usually reborn
- Dōbutsu Shōgi , simple Shōgi variant for children
- Forchess , variant for four players
- Gach : played on a Go board; the figures are always reassembled from Go-stones
- Gothic chess
- Grand Chess : like Gothic Chess on a larger board and with additional pieces
- Grande Acedrex , medieval variant on a board with 12 × 12 fields
- Hexagonal chess : a series of chess variants played on a board with hexagonal fields
- Hiashatar , Mongolian chess variant
- Janggi , Korean chess
- Janus chess , on a 10 × 8 board with Janus moving like a bishop or a knight
- Jetan , fictional Martian chess (for which there are concrete rules)
- Khet , striking mechanism with a laser beam
- War game : here you only see your own figures and you don't know where the opposing ones are
- Courier game , historical variant on a 12 × 8 board
- Makruk , Thai chess variant
- Mini chess , variant for two teams with two players each, similar to tandem chess
- Navia Dratp , combination of chess and fantasy elements
- Ouk Chatrang , Cambodian name of Makruk
- Ploy , board game by Frank Thibault
- Robber chess : the goal here is to lose all pieces
- Diamond chess is played on a normal chess board "around the corner"
- Russian fortress chess , for two teams of two players each
- Chess is the most common form of chess outside of Asia
- Chess Checkers : different variants, the elements of chess and checkers combine
- Chess with different armies : the players get different sets of pieces that can be freely chosen or drawn
- Shatrandsch is considered to be an intermediate level between Chaturanga and modern chess
- Senterej is the Ethiopian chess
- Shatar , Mongolian chess variant
- Shogi , the Japanese chess
- Shogun , chess variant with a random element
- Shuffle Chess : The line-up of the pieces on the basic row is determined anew for each game
- Tactix is played with dice as pawns, but does not contain any random element
- Tandem chess : for two teams of two people; you can use the pieces captured by your partner as your own
- Four chess , variant for four people
- Military chess , one in Germany of World War II spread chess variant
- Xiangqi , the Chinese chess
- Cylinder check : The a and h lines are considered to be adjacent, e.g. B. a pawn can capture from a4 to h5
Connection games
Games in which the mutual connection of the game elements (stones, bridges, etc.) is important.
- Aqua Romana , board game by Martin Schlegel
- Blokus , strategic board game by Bernard Tavitian
- Havannah , strategic board game
- Hex , two-person board game
- Line 1 , board game by Stefan Dorra
- TwixT , two-person board game by Alex Randolph
- Metro , board game by Dirk Henn
- Pünct , two-person board game by Kris Burm
- Tanbo , two-person board game by Mark Steere
- Lines of Action , two-person board game
- Ponte del Diavolo , strategy game by Martin Ebel
Cooperative board games
- Arkham Horror , horror board game set in the world of HP Lovecraft
- Battlestar Galactica , strategy game about the use of resources
- Betrayal at House on the Hill , horror role-playing game about a traitor
- The Lord of the Rings , board game that recreates the journey from Lord of the Rings
- The legends of Andor , fantasy board game with role-playing elements by Michael Menzel
- Magic Maze , humorous real-time board game in which players have to explore a department store and steal items
- Ökolopoly , board game that playfully simulates the relationships between society, the economy and the environment
- Pandemic , board game with role-playing elements in which players have to contain a pandemic
- Shadow over Camelot , board game with role-playing elements by Serge Laget and Bruno Cathala
- Space Alert , real-time board game in which players embody a crew of a spaceship
- The forbidden island , board game about a treasure hunt
- Zombicide , board game about survivors after a zombie cypse
- Mystery , cooperative deduction game
Other board games
- 18XX , group of railroad board games
- 1830: Railroads & Robber Barons , railway board game
- Abalone , two-person board game by Michel Lalet and Laurent Lévi
- Acquire , board game by Sid Sackson
- Activity , board game by Paul Catty, Ulrike Catty, Maria and Hans Führer
- Nobility obligated , board game by Klaus Teuber
- Agricola , board game by Uwe Rosenberg
- Alaska , board game by Eric Solomon
- Amazons , two-person board game by Walter Zamkauskas
- Amun-Re , board game by Reiner Knizia
- Anno 1503 , board game by Klaus Teuber
- Anti-Monopoly , board game by Ralph Anspach
- Arimaa , two-person board game by Omar Syed
- Atlantis , board game by Julian Courtland-Smith
- Ataxx , abstract game in which opposing stones are assimilated
- On the move , board game by Wolfgang Kramer
- Babel , board game by Uwe Rosenberg
- Bagh Chal , similar to fox and geese
- Big Boss , board game by Wolfgang Kramer
- Bigboss , board game by Harald Riehle
- Billabong , board game by Eric Solomon
- Brass , strategic board game by Martin Wallace
- Breakthrough , strategic board game by Dan Troyka
- Britannia , board game by Lewis E. Pulsipher
- Café International , board game by Rudi Hoffmann
- Candamir , board game by Klaus Teuber
- Cartagena , board game by Leo Colovini
- Cartino , board game by Alex Randolph
- Caylus , board game by William Attia
- Clans , board game by Leo Colovini
- Claymore Saga , fantasy board game
- Cluedo , detective board game
- Cosmic Encounter , board game by Bill Eberle and Peter Olotka
- Steam horse , railway board game by David Watts
- The Thief of Baghdad , board game by Thorsten Gimmler
- Dots , area game popular in Eastern Europe
- Drachenhort , fantasy board game
- Above & Above , board game by Klaus Teuber
- Dune , strategy game by Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge and Peter Olotka
- Through the desert , board game by Reiner Knizia
- Dvonn , two-person board game by Kris Burm
- Simply brilliant , placement game by Reiner Knizia
- EinStein doesn't roll the dice , two-person game by Ingo Althöfer
- The Iron Throne , fantasy board game
- El Grande , board game by Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich
- Elasund , board game by Klaus Teuber
- Elfenland , board game by Alan Moon
- Empire by Gary Dicken and Steve Kendall
- Epaminondas , modern abstract game by Robert Abbott
- Euphrates & Tigris , board game by Reiner Knizia
- Fidchell ( Brandubh, Black Raven ), old Irish board game
- Dark hallways , board game by Friedemann Friese
- Focus , abstract strategy game by Sid Sackson
- Formula Dé , board game
- Friedrich , board game by Richard Sivél
- Fox and geese , medieval strategy game
- Funkenschlag , board game by Friedemann Friese
- The Princes of Florence by Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich
- Gipf , two-person game by Kris Burm
- Go , old two-person board game from China
- Goa , board game
- Hare and Hedgehog , board game by David Parlett
- Heimlich & Co. , board game by Wolfgang Kramer
- HeroQuest , fantasy board game
- Himalaya , board game by Régis Bonnessée
- Hnefatafl , old two-person board game from Scandinavia
- Hotel , board game by Denys Fisher
- Hotel Sharks , board game by Sid Sackson
- Ido , board game by Bernhard Weber
- Imperial , board game by Walther "Mac" Gerdts
- Incognito , board game by Alex Randolph and Leo Colovini
- Beyond Thebes , board game by Peter Prinz
- Junta , satirical board game
- Kardinal & König , a board game by Michael Schacht
- The little ghost for children, by Kai Haferkamp
- Königszabel , old two-person game from Scandinavia
- Kremlin , satirical board game by Urs Hostettler
- L-game , two-person game by Edward de Bono
- Laskersche Mühle , Mühle variant
- Latrunculi , historical Roman board game
- Louis XIV , board game by Rüdiger Dorn
- Lionheart , board game by Klaus Teuber
- MAD game , whimsical board game
- Manhattan , board game by Andreas Seyfarth
- Wall builder , board game by Leo Colovini
- Metropolis by Sid Sackson
- Mississippi Queen , board game by Werner Hodel
- Midnight party , board game by Wolfgang Kramer
- Moeraki Kemu , board game by Stefan Kiehl
- Monopoly , an economy game
- Mill , old two-person board game
- Müller & Sohn , board game by Reinhold Wittig
- Night of the Magicians , board game by Kirsten Becker and Jens-Peter Schliemann
- Neunermühle , variant of Mühle
- The new explorers , board game by Klaus Teuber
- Niagara , board game by Thomas Liesching
- Othello , Reversi variant
- Pack ice at the pole , board game by Alvydas Jakeliunas and Günter Cornett
- The Palace of Alhambra , board game by Dirk Henn
- Phutball or Philosopher's Football
- Pingvinas , see pack ice at the pole
- Puerto Rico , board game by Andreas Seyfarth
- Quoridor , board game
- Frenzied robots , board game by Alex Randolph
- Save yourself who can , see distress in the lifeboat
- Reversi , two-person board game
- Risk , board game by Albert Lamorisse
- Robo Rally , board game by Richard Garfield
- The pillars of the earth , board game by Michael Rieneck and Stefan Stadler
- Sagaland , board game by Michel Matschoss and Alex Randolph
- Salamanca , board game by Stefan Dorra
- The black pirate , board game by Guido Hoffmann
- Way to school game, board game for traffic education by Siegbert A. Warwitz
- Scotland Yard , board game by Werner Schlegel and others
- Distress in the lifeboat , board game by Ronald Wettering
- Sherlock Holmes Criminal-Cabinet , detective board game by Anthony Uruburu
- Shogun , board game by Dirk Henn
- The Settlers of Catan , board game by Klaus Teuber
- Small World , board game by Philippe Keyaerts
- Space Hulk , science fiction board game
- Game of life , board game
- Spy & Spy , board game by Alexander Randolph
- StarQuest , science fiction board game
- The Star Riders from Catan , board game by Klaus Teuber
- Stratego , two-person board game
- Tablut , old two-person board game from Scandinavia
- Take it easy , strategic board game
- Talisman , fantasy board game by Bob Harris
- Tamsk , two-person board game by Kris Burm
- Tapaono, two-person board game by Henning Kohler
- Tempo, little snail , board game by Alex Randolph
- Thurn und Taxis , board game by Karen and Andreas Seyfarth
- Tigers and goats , see Bagh Chal
- Tikal , board game by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling
- Titan , fantasy board game
- Torres , board game by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling
- Trans America , board game by Franz-Benno Delonge
- Triolet , board game
- Trivial Pursuit , quiz board game
- Tyros , board game by Martin Wallace
- Ubongo , board game by Grzegorz Rejchtman
- To tire width , board game for 2–4 people
- Umul gonu , Korean two-player board game
- Ursuppe , board game by Doris Matthäus and Frank Nestel
- Damn it! , Board game by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling
- Vinci , board game by Philippe Keyaerts
- Waldschattenspiel , board game by Walter Kraul
- Wolf and sheep , traditional board game
- Yinsh , two-person board game by Kris Burm
- Zertz , two-person board game by Kris Burm
- The Scepter of Zavandor , board game by Jens Drögemüller
- Zicke Zacke Hühnerkacke , board game for children by Klaus Zoch
- Zooloretto , board game by Michael Schacht
- Ticket to Ride , board game by Alan R. Moon
Peace games
- Globe , cooperation game
- Gordian knot (game) , cooperation game
Terrain games
- Club jumping , terrain game
- Pinneken pounding , terrain game
Games of skill
- Withdrawal play , play with a closed thread, see thread play
- Clap , terrain game, see catching
- Decrease , play with the thread closed, see thread play
- Teeing off , terrain game, see catching
- Air hockey on an air cushion table
- Fishing game , game for children
- Bringing on , playing with coins, see foxes
- Bamboleo by Jacques Zeimet
- Bausack , game by Klaus Zoch
- Billiards , game of balls that are pushed with a cue
- Boccia , throwing balls
- Boule , game of skill with balls
- Bowls , English ball game
- Ironing game , skill game with skittles
- Crocket , see croquet
- Croquet , played with balls and goals
- Darts , game of skill with arrows
- Ditschen , a game of skill with coins, see Foxes
- Can throwing
- English soccer
- Thread game , game of skill with a closed thread
- Catch , terrain game
- Pinball machine , game of skill (entertainment device)
- Foxes , game of skill with coins
- Groschenklick , game of skill with coins, see Foxes
- Gordian knot , game of skill
- Rubber twist , child's play with rubber band
- Hägars Viking Chess , Scandinavian throwing game, see Kubb
- Witches game , with a closed thread, see thread game
- Hickelkasten , child's play
- Heaven and hell , child's play, see Hickelkasten
- Hopping , child's play, see Hickelkasten
- Horseshoe game
- Hopping game , children's game, see Hickelkasten
- Jakkolo , playing with wooden discs
- Jenga , game with wooden blocks by Leslie Scott
- Jeu de palets , old skill game from France with discs
- Jeu Provençal , ball game from France
- Kibbel-Kabbel
- Kicker See table football
- Bone game
- Wars , terrain games, see catching
- Croquet , played with balls and goals, see croquet
- Kubb , Scandinavian throwing game
- Take land , old throwing game with the knife to gain land
- Human table football, soccer game similar to table football
- Mikado , old game with wooden sticks
- Mölkky , from Finland
- Marble game , child's play
- Myachi , throwing game
- Novuss , Latvia
- Paille-Maille (also Pall Mall ), ball game
- Paradise game , children's game, see Hickelkasten
- Pétanque , boules variant
- Pfitschigogerl , table football game with coins
- Peck , throwing game
- Pimpern , see foxes
- Pinball , entertainment device, see pinball machine
- Pingeln , see foxes
- Pinschers , see foxes
- Kloppen Pinneken , a street game made of natural materials
- Pirate game , catch game
- Poi , juggling device / game
- Push
- Pushpin , an English children's game between the 16th and 18th centuries
- Trip to Jerusalem , board game
- Schangeln , see foxes
- Jiggling , see foxes
- Chair dance , see Trip to Jerusalem
- Temple hopping , child's play, see Hickelkasten
- Tipp-Kick , a kind of table football
- Table skittles
- Table football or table football
- Shuffleboard
- Sjoelen , game of skill with wooden discs from the Netherlands, see Jakkolo
- Snooker , billiards variant
- Sports stacking
- Hopping stones, jumping stones on water
- Subbuteo , table football game
- Ticking , terrain game, see catching
- Twister
- Villa Paletti , building and skill game by Bill Payne
- Viking chess , Scandinavian throwing game, see Kubb
Gambling
- American Roulette
- Belle
- Bingo , lottery game
- Biribi , historical game of chance
- Boule , roulette-like game of chance
- Cavagnole , see Biribi
- Wheel of fortune
- Kakelorum , Austrian game of chance
- lotto
- Morra , old variant of scissors, stone, paper
- Multicolore French roulette-like game of chance
- Petits chevaux , mechanical horse racing game, forerunner of boules
- New stamp game , a bingo- like lottery game
- roulette
- Scissors, stone, paper , global gambling
- Two-up , Australian game of chance that involves tossing coins
Heme games
- The fleeing purse , old street game
- Finder's reward (game) , old street game
- Goose thief (game) , old children's game
- Black Peter , old card game
Card games
Bézique variants
Variants of the Bézique game:
- 66 or Schnapsen , card game
- Bauernschnapsen , card game
- Binoculars , deck of cards
- Bullshit (card game)
- Cosmic Eidex , Jass variant
- Deutscher Schafkopf , historical German card game
- Grasobern , a sheep's head-like card game
- Jass , card game
- Brackets , deck of cards, variant of Jass
- Russian schnapps , card game, variant of 66
- Schafkopf , old card game
- Sheepshead , card game, American variant of Schafkopf
- Tournament sheep head, card game, sheep head variant
- Wendish sheep head , card game, sheep head variant
Bridge variants
Variants of the bridge game:
- Boston , combines elements of whist (bridge precursor) and quadrille
- Contract bridge , card game, main variant
- Rubberbridge , bridge variant
- Solo whist , card game
- Whist , card game, forerunner of bridge
Mau-Mau variants
Variants of the Mau-Mau game:
- MAD card game , card game
- Solo , card game
- Uno , Mau-Mau variant by Merle Robbins
Solitaire variants
Variants of the solitaire game:
- Crapette , card game
- Russian bank , card game
- Spider
- Quarrel Patience , a solitaire card game for two people
Poker variants
Variants of the poker game:
- 41 , a poker-like card game from Styria
- Badugi
- Bouillotte , gambling, precursor to poker
- Brag , gambling, precursor to poker
- Brelan , gambling, forerunner of poker
- Caribbean Stud , card game of chance
- Chinese poker
- Draw poker , card game, a variant of poker
- Easy poker , card game of chance
- Escalero , dice game
- Five card draw
- Five Card Stud , card game, a variant of poker
- HORSE
- TROUSERS
- Kuhnpoker
- Let It Ride , card gambling
- Liar Dice , dice game
- Oasis Stud , card gambling
- Omaha Hold'em , card game, poker variant
- Razz
- Royal Hold'em
- Poker dice , game of dice
- Seven Card Stud , card game, a variant of poker
- Speed poker
- Texas Hold'em , card game
- Triple draw
- Tropical Stud , card game of chance
- Video poker
- Dice poker , dice game
- Yukon Hold'em
Variants of rummy
Variants of the rummy or rummy game:
- Conquian , card game, forerunner of rummy
- Gin Rummy , card game, a variant of rummy for two people
- Rummikub , rummy with number plates
- Stair rummy, card game, a variant of rummy for two to four people
- Yaniv , traditional variant from Israel
Skat variants
Variants of the Skat game:
- Altenburger color stimuli , original style of play
- Bauernskat , two-person card game
- Beer salmon , skat variant
- Grand (Skat) , solo version
- Cameroonian Skat , card game of chance
- Kutscherskat , two-person card game
- Officer Skat, two-person card game
- Grandma Skat , card game
- Price category
- Ramsch card game, Skat variant
- Räberskat , two-person card game
- Schieberamsch , card game, skat variant
- XSkat , free software implementation
Tarot variants
Variants of the tarot card game (all of which are card games themselves):
- Cego
- French tarot
- King calls
- Minchiate
- Calling Nineteen
- Royal tarot
- Tapp tarot
- Tarocchi
- Troccas
- Troggu
- Twenties call
Card gambling
- 17 and 4 or 21 , originally from France
- Baccarat , classic card game of chance
- Bankers and brokers , see heaping
- Bassette , a forerunner of Pharo
- Bataille royale , card game of chance
- Black Jack , card game of chance
- Blind hookey , see ridging
- Bullermännchen , see Silesian Lottery
- Casino War , see Bataille royale
- Chemin de fer , baccarat variant
- Trefoil , card gambling see Tap
- Faro , see also Pharo
- Gotori , Korean card gambling game
- Piling up , card gambling
- Hoggenheimer , card game of chance
- Dutch bank , see heaping
- Card lottery , see Silesian Lottery
- Ticket raffle , see Silesian Lottery
- Landsknecht , historical card game of chance
- Lansquenet , card gambling
- Life and death , children's card game, see Bataille royale
- Macau , card game of chance
- Mauscheln , card gambling
- My aunt, your aunt , card gambling, see push
- Monte Bank , card gambling
- Naschi Waschi , card game of chance, see shock
- Pachuk , card game of chance see Polish Bank
- Turn the package over , for a game of cards see heaping
- Panczok , card game of chance see Mauscheln
- Pharo , historical card game of chance, mentioned many times in literature
- Planet game , historical card game of chance
- Polish bank , card gambling
- Pontoon , card game of chance, see Seventeen and Four
- Punto Banco , card game of chance, a variant of Baccarat
- Red Dog , card gambling
- Rouge et noir , card game of chance
- Silesian lottery , card game of chance
- Seventeen and Four , card game of chance
- Spitz , card game
- Stitch , card gambling
- Shock , card gambling
- Temples , card gambling
- Typing , card gambling
- Tontine , card gambling
- Trente et quarante , card game of chance
- Four leaf , card gambling
- Two open - two closed , card game of chance
- Tweak , card gambling
Trading card games
- 1000 blank white cards , trading card game by Nathan McQuillan
- Behind , trading card game by Michael Palm and Sebastian Jakob
- Duel Masters , trading card game
- Hecatomb , trading card game
- Magic: The Gathering , trading card game by Richard Garfield
- Middle-earth Collectible Card Game , trading card game based on the fantasy world by JRR Tolkien
- Pirates of the Spanish Main , trading card game
- Pokémon , trading card game
- Spellfire , trading card game
- WarCry , trading card game
- Yu-Gi-Oh! , Trading card game
Other card games
- 6 takes! , Card game by Wolfgang Kramer
- 31 , name of two card games
- 51 , a card game for children
- 1001 , card game
- Anno Domini , card game by Urs Hostettler
- Asshole , card game
- Bela , card game from Italy
- Belote , French card game
- Black Lady Hearts , card game see Black Cat
- Blattla , card game, sheep's head variant
- Blue Moon , two-person card game by Reiner Knizia
- Blue Moon City , board and card game by Reiner Knizia
- Bohnanza , card game by Uwe Rosenberg
- Brus , card game
- Bulka, historical card game, see Trappola
- Buraco , card game from Venezuela
- Canasta , South American card game
- Casino , card game
- Chratze , Swiss trick card game
- Circle of Death , card drinking game
- Coloretto , card game by Michael Schacht
- Coon Can , card game, also Conquian
- Coon King , card game, also Conquian
- Cribbage , card game
- Dark Force , trading card game
- Derdeln , historical two-person card game, see Tatteln
- German Solo , historical German card game
- Digit , card and placement game by Gerhard Kodys
- Dominion , card game by Donald X. Vaccarino
- Doppelkopf , card game
- Durak , traditional Russian card game
- Dvorak , card game with custom decks
- Écarté , historical card game
- One such thing , card game
- 911 out! , Card game
- Coloring , deck of cards, see forty-one
- Fluxx , card game where the rules change
- Gaigel , card game from the Württemberg region
- Gemsch
- Grass , card game by Jeff London
- The great Dalmuti , card game
- Guillotine , card game
- Halli Galli , card game by Haim Shafir
- Hanafuda , Japanese card game
- Hau Jerk , card game where a quick reaction counts
- Hearts , American card game
- Herzeln , card game
- Get the Vulture , tactical card game by Alex Randolph
- Bulls! , Card game by Wolfgang Kramer
- Dog , card game
- Illuminati , card game by Steve Jackson
- Jabberwocky , card game
- Jambo , card game
- Jungle speed , card and reaction game
- Emperors , card game
- Cockroach poker , card and bluff game
- Cockroach salad , deck of cards
- Karnöffel , historical German card game
- Card domino , card game see Fan Tan (card game)
- House of cards , building made of playing cards
- Kaschlan , card game similar to Durak
- Horse-trading , card game by Rüdiger Klotze
- Kuku , Polish card game
- Latins , card game
- L'Hombre , historical card game
- Ligretto , a fast game of cards
- Lindor, card game, see Nain Jaune
- Lomber , card game, see L'Hombre
- Manille , card game
- Mariage , card game see sixty-six
- Marjapussi , Finnish card game
- Mega Trump , card game
- Memory , memory card game by William Hurter
- Mutineers , card game by Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
- Butcher , card game, see sleepyhead
- Mü & more , collection of card games by Doris Matthäus and Frank Nestel
- Mulachak , card game
- Munchkin , card game by Steve Jackson
- Mus , Spanish card game
- My Ship Sails , card game for children
- Nain Jaune , card game
- Nothing but annoyance , card game expansion to human do not annoy you by Frank Stark
- Nuremberg dirt , card game, variant of 66
- Ox, lie down , card game for kids
- Odin's Ravens , card game by Thorsten Gimmler
- Without fear and nobility , card game by Bruno Faidutti
- Paderbörnern , card game see sixty-six
- Pandur , card game
- Pairs , memory card game
- Phase 10 , card game by Kenneth Johnson
- Piquet , historical card game
- Pişti , Turkish card game
- Poch , old card game
- Poque , card game
- Préférence , card game
- Quadrille , card game
- Quartet , card game
- Quodlibet , card game
- Race for the Galaxy , card game by Tom Lehmann
- Rage , card game
- Saboteur , card game by Frederic Moyersoen
- Samba canasta , card game
- San Juan , card game by Andreas Seyfarth
- Saint Petersburg , card game by Bernd Brunnhofer
- Scharwenzel , Fehmarn card game
- Sleepyhead , card game for children
- Creeping Johanna , card game, see Black Cat
- Fast , card trick game
- Screeching or chattering , card game
- Cheating, or cheating, card game
- Black cat , card game
- Black Peter , old card game
- Pig gallop , card game by Heinz Meister
- Swimming , card game
- Scopa , Italian card game
- Sixty-six , deck of cards
- Pirate , card game by Stefan Dorra
- Set , card game by Marsha Falco
- The Settlers of Catan - Das Kartenspiel , card game by Klaus Teuber
- Sixte , card game
- Sizette , card game, variant of Sixte
- Skip-Bo , card game by Hazel Bowman
- Sollo , trick play, see German solo
- Spades , North American card game
- Speed , card game by Reinhard Staupe
- Speed Cards , memory card game
- Spoons , card game for children
- Tricks guessing , card game
- Gravers , card game by Klaus Palesch
- Stress , fast two-person card game
- Super trump card game
- Tatteln , historical two-person card game
- A thousand and one , card game
- Terteln , historical two-person card game
- The King of Hearts Has Five Sons , card game, possible forerunner of Cluedo
- Thunderstone , fantasy card game for two or more players
- Tichu , East Asian card game prepared by Urs Hostettler
- Törteln , a historical two-person card game
- Trappola , historical card game
- Uta-Garuta , Japanese card game
- Traitors , card game by Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
- The real Walter , card game
- Was a children's card game see Bataille royale
- Watten , card game
- How I see the world , card game
- Wizard , trick card game
- Zego , card game from southern Germany, see Cego
- Pinch , card game
War games
- Atomic chess , variant of the war game chess
- Conquest of the Empire , strategic power struggle for rule over the Roman Empire
- The emperor sends out his soldiers , physical fortress game
- Sink ships , symbolic naval battle
- Warhammer Ancient Battles , tabletop game with historical armies
Placement games
Domino variants
Variants of the game dominoes :
- Picture domino , domino variant for children
- Bukidomino , historical domino game where you can bet on the winner
- Domino Whist , a variant of the game of dominoes for four
- Fan Tan (card game) , card game
- Pai Gow , Chinese game with dominoes
- Triominos , with triangular stones
Other placement games
- Alhambra , placement game by Dirk Henn
- Carcassonne , placement game by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
- Contact , by Ken Garland
- Hive by John Yianni
- Kontor , card placement game
- Ogallala , placement game by Rudi Hoffmann
Educational games
- Bank slides , knowledge game in school lessons
- Way to school game, educational game for traffic education
Simulation games
- Advanced Squad Leader , conflict simulation by Don Greenwood
- Axis & Allies , conflict simulation
- Stock market game , stock market simulation
- Civilization (board game)
- Conquest of the Empire , conflict simulation
- Cry Havoc , conflict simulation
- Diplomacy , strategic board game by Allan B. Calhamer
- Gamemaster Series , series of conflict simulations
- NASA space game , simulation and role play
- Ökolopoly , simulation game by Frederic Vester
- POL & IS , state simulation game by Wolfgang Leidhold
- School way game, board game for school way training
Party games
- Radio game , communicative parlor game
- Clothes chain , party game
- Mafia , board game
- Pfänderspiel , group of games in which a deposit has to be given
- Rippeltippel , sociable drinking game
- Truth or Dare , party game
Puzzle / quiz games
Mechanical puzzles and mind games
- 15 puzzle , patience game
- Alexander's star
- Back to Square One
- Megaminx
- Pocket Cube
- Professor's Cube
- Pyraminx
- Pyramorphix
- Rubik's Magic
- Rubik's Rabbits
- Rubik's Revenge
- Rubik's Snake
- Rubik's watch
- Devil barrel
- Magic tower
- Rubik's Cube , or Rubik's Cube
Other puzzles
- 36 cube
- Bimaru
- Queen problem , arrange queens on a chessboard so that they do not interfere with each other
- Happy Cube
- Crossword puzzle , letter puzzle
- Logogriph , word puzzle
- Mah-Jongg (solitaire version)
- Make 24 , mathematical solitaire game (arithmetic puzzle)
- Pentomino , puzzle with differently shaped plates
- Puzzle , patience
- Rubik's Tangle
- Solitaire , old board game for one person
- Soma dice, mechanical puzzle
- Knight problem , knight should visit each square of a chessboard exactly once
- Sudoku , number logic puzzle
- Tangram , old Chinese placement game
- Timesaver
- T-puzzle
- Towers of Hanoi , puzzle
- Conundrum
Role play
- 7th Lake , role-playing game by John Wick, Jennifer Wick and Kevin Wilson
- Arcane Codex , fantasy role play by Saskia Naescher and Alexander Junk
- Ars Magica , fantasy role play by Jonathan Tweet, Mark Rein Hagen
- Big Eyes, Small Mouth , role play system
- Birthright , role-playing world from Dungeons & Dragons
- Bushido
- Call of Cthulhu , horror role-playing game
- Carrom , Indian billiard-like game with discs on a wooden board
- Castle Falkenstein , role-playing game
- Chainmail
- Chill , horror role-playing game
- Chivalry and Sorcery , fantasy role-playing game
- Cyberpunk 2020 , role-playing game by Mike Pondsmith
- d20 , role play system
- Dark Sun , role-playing world from Dungeons & Dragons
- Deadlands , role-playing game by Shane Lacy Hensley
- Degenesis
- Drachenlanze , role-playing world from Dungeons & Dragons
- Dragonlance , role-playing world from Dungeons & Dragons
- Dungeon Twister , strategic board game by Christophe Boelinger
- Dungeons & Dragons , fantasy role-playing game
- Earthdawn
- Eberron , role-playing world from Dungeons & Dragons
- Engel , role play by Oliver Graute, Oliver Hoffmann and Kai Meyer
- Everway , role-playing game by Jonathan Tweet
- Ex Machina , role-playing game by Baugh, Borgstrom, Gossett, Kayl and Lyons
- Exalted , role-playing game by Geoffrey C. Grabowski
- Forgotten Realms , role-playing world from Dungeons & Dragons
- FUDGE , role play system by Steffan O'Sullivan
- Goose thief , old dance and role play for children
- Greyhawk , role-playing world from Dungeons & Dragons
- GURPS , role-playing system
- Heavy Gear , science fiction RPG
- Hero system , role play system
- HeroQuest , fantasy role-playing game
- The High , RPG by Geoffrey C. Grabowski, see Exalted
- Hunter: The Reckoning
- Killer , live role-playing game
- cult
- Legend of the Five Rings , role-playing game and trading card game
- LodlanD
- Macho Women With Guns , role-playing game by Greg Porter
- Mage: The Ascension
- Master of magic , fantasy role-playing game
- MERS or MERP, Middle-earth role-playing game
- Midgard , fantasy role-playing game
- Mondagor
- Mutants & Masterminds
- Over the Edge , role-playing game by Jonathan Tweet
- Paranoia , role play
- Planescape , role-playing world from Dungeons & Dragons
- Plush, Power & Plunder
- Pokéthulhu
- Ravenloft , role-playing world from Dungeons & Dragons
- RiftRoamers
- Risus , RPG system by S. John Ross
- Rolemaster , role-playing system
- Call of the Warlock , fantasy RPG
- RuneQuest , fantasy role-playing game
- Savage Worlds , RPG system by Shane Lacy Hensley
- Das Schwarze Auge , fantasy role play by Ulrich Kiesow
- Shadowrun
- SLA Industries , science fiction role-playing game
- Sorcerer fantasy RPG by Ron Edwards
- Space Gothic , science fiction role-playing game
- Space: 1889 , role-playing game by Frank Chadwick
- Space master , science fiction role-playing game system
- Star Wars , RPG by Greg Costikyan
- Stormbringer , fantasy RPG by Ken St. Andre and Lynn Willis
- Tekumel , role-playing world
- The Pool , role-playing game by James V. West
- TORG , genre crossover role-playing game by Greg Gorden and Bill Slavicsek
- Traveler
- Tribe 8
- Tri-Stat dX
- Tschapajew , two-person skill game from the former Soviet Union
- TWERPS , RPG system by Jeff and Amanda Dee
- Unknown Armies , role-playing system by John Tynes and Greg Stolze
-
Vampires , various role-playing games
- Old World Vampires , RPG by Jennifer Hartshorn, Ethan Skemp, Mark Rein Hagen and Kevin Hassall
- Vampire: The Masquerade , role play by Mark Rein Hagen
- Vampire: Requiem , role play by Mark Rein Hagen
- Warhammer fantasy role-playing game , fantasy role-playing game
- Werewolf: The Apocalypse
- Werewolf: The Forsaken
- Wushu , role play by Dan Bayn
- The Willow Game , has elements of the role-playing game by Greg Costikyan
Perception games
- Kim game , memory and sensory organs game
Word and letter games
- Boggle , letter game
- Hangman , old simple letter game
- Letra mix , letter game
- Scrabble , letter board game by Alfred Butts
- City, country, river , writing and knowledge game
- Zakhia , alphabet game by Frédéric Zakhia
- Woof woof
Dice games
- Astragaloi , ancient Roman dice game
- Banca francesa , dice game of chance
- Barbudi , dice game, also barbooth or barbotte
- Big and Small , dice game, see Sic Bo
- Bluff , dice game by Richard Borg
- Chicago
- Chuck a luck
- Craps , American dice game
- Dai Siu , dice game, see Sic Bo
- The Settlers of Catan - The Dice Game, game by Klaus Teuber
- Dragon Dice , collectible dice game
- Eleven up
- Espérance
- European Seven Eleven , American dice game, see craps
- Fish, shrimp, crab , dice game, see Chuck a Luck
- French bank , dice game, see Banca francesa
- Glückshaus , medieval dice game
- Grand Hazard , dice game, see Chuck a Luck
- House number , simple dice game
- Hazard , old English dice game
- Folding board , dice game, see Shut the Box
- Trick
- Puzzles , dice game see Paschen
- Knuckles , dice game, see Paschen
- Knockeln , dice game see Paschen
- Crown and anchor , dice game, see Chuck a Luck
- Lügenmax , dice drinking game , see Mäxchen
- Funny seven
- Mäxchen , dice drinking game
- Mieren , dice game, see Mäxchen
- Mini dice
- Passe-dix , dice game see Paschen
- Paschen
- Squares , kind of dice game in book printers
- Quinquenove
- Sachsenkniffel
- Mold , dice game, see bell and hammer
- Shock , dice drinking game
- Schummelmax , dice drinking game, see Mäxchen
- Mess dice game with pigs
- Seven Eleven , dice game, see craps
- Sic Bo , dice gambling
- Shut the box
- The game
- Dice poker
- Yahtzee
- Ten thousand
Other or disordered games
- 20Q , computer-based game that asks 20 questions
- Bachet's game or “Goal 100”, an old special case of the Nim games
- Barbarossa and the riddlers , deduction game with plasticine by Klaus Teuber
- Beer state , old drinking game
- Black Box , logic game by Eric W. Solomon
- Blood Bowl , fantasy soccer game
- Chomp , paper-and-pencil strategy game for 2 people
- Germany trip, exploration game
- Dreidel , traditional children's game
- Eressea , fantasy mail game
- Galaxy Trucker , science fiction board game
- The gardens of the Alhambra , placement game by Dirk Henn
- Gimel leaves , cheating game, see Caraway leaves
- Bell and hammer , historical game
- Bunnies in the pit , child's play with singing
- Hit the Luke , fair game
- HeroClix , collecting miniatures game
- Shell game , cheating game
- Kaleidos , game by Spartaco Albertarelli
- Cheese box , paper and pencil game
- Box run , drinking game
- Command Pimperle , child's play
- Kottabos , old drinking game
- Caraway seeds , cheating game
- Lexicon game , quiz
- Logo , logic game by Eric W. Solomon
- Looping Louie , children's game by Carol Wiseley a. a.
- Lotto (parlor game)
- Mah-Jongg , old Chinese game (also as a solitaire variant for one player)
- Marienbad , matchstick game, variant of the Nim game
- Mastermind , logic game by Marco Meirovitz
- Moksha Patamu , Indian precursor to the ladder game
- Murder in the dark , child's play
- Nim game , matchstick game
- Nutshell game , cheating game, see shell game
- Ordo , logic game by Eric W. Solomon
- Quinto , puzzle game
- Quiz , question game
- Shogun , conflict simulation
- Schlag den Raab , a combination of different game genres, based on the television show of the same name
- Slotter , game by MB
- Sprouts , paper and pencil game
- Statue game, party game
- Stop eating , child's play
- Take away matches , several strategy games
- Tabu , communication board game by Brian Hersch
- Thaler, thaler, you have to hike , child's play with singing
- Tea kettle , guessing a word with multiple meanings
- Trans Europa , variant of Trans America
- The crazy labyrinth , puzzle game by Max Kobbert
- Warhammer , game universe
- Who am I? , Guessing game with paper and pencil
See also
Web links
- luding.org web game database: Luding
- Goodgameguide match reports
- Gespieltes.de games
- Spielmitmir - game reviews with brief descriptions