board game
noun
plural board games
: a game (such as checkers, chess, or backgammon) played by placing or moving pieces on a board
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Those not playing board games at the long wooden table might be shooting pool—humans typically, not dogs.
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John Oseid, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Golden Gamers: 11 a.m.-noon, Ramona Community Library, 1275 Main St. Join us board games and card games for adults.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
Through reinforcement learning, AlphaGo learned to master the game of Go, a complex Chinese board game that is compared to chess, by playing millions of games against itself.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 16 May 2025
As of 2011, The Times reported that Rose spends her free time listening to music, playing board games and teaching cross-stitching to fellow prisoners.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 16 May 2025
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John Oseid, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Golden Gamers: 11 a.m.-noon, Ramona Community Library, 1275 Main St. Join us board games and card games for adults.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
Through reinforcement learning, AlphaGo learned to master the game of Go, a complex Chinese board game that is compared to chess, by playing millions of games against itself.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 16 May 2025
As of 2011, The Times reported that Rose spends her free time listening to music, playing board games and teaching cross-stitching to fellow prisoners.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 16 May 2025
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“Board game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/board%20game. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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