board game
Americannoun
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a game, as checkers or chess, requiring the moving of pieces from one section of a board to another.
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any game played on a board.
Etymology
Origin of board game
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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From board game clubs to junk journaling meetups, there’s so many different ways to connect and maybe try something new.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
The teenagers huddled around the table leap into action, shouting instructions and acting out the correct strategies for just one of the potential catastrophes laid out in the board game called Master of Disaster.
From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025
But thanks to geography teachers as well as the board game Trivial Pursuit, people on all corners of the globe know what to ask when someone says he’s from Kansas City.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
"That planted the idea of inventing a board game in my dad's mind," Ms Lewis said.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025
In the commercial for Mr. Lemoncello’s See Ya, Wouldn’t Want to Be Ya board game, Kyle starred as the yellow pawn.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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