board game

American  

noun

1. a game, as checkers or chess, requiring the moving of pieces from one section of a board to another.

2. any game played on a board.

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Etymology

Origin of board game

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

I’m reminded of those perfect Saturday afternoons when Dad would bake his famous madeleines and Mom would stop working to play board games with me and Andre at the kitchen table.

From Literature

The common area has an old TV, a worn-out sofa missing cushions, and a bookshelf full of dog-eared paperbacks and bent-up board games.

From Literature

Sufiel, Patricia and his four sisters remember him repeating the same gesture as a boy after winning a match or even a board game.

From BBC

Google DeepMind was developing an AI system to master the ancient board game Go and thought it was the kind of work that might be worth preserving for history.

From The Wall Street Journal

The all-ages event features karaoke along with video and board games.

From Los Angeles Times