Before creating a board game you must first determine the type of game you're going to make (see 'Types of Board Games' below). Once this is decided, follow our suggestions for designing a board game: Game Basics

Types of Board Games

Luck

 Luck & Skill

  Skill

Usually involves spinners, dice, and cards, and doesn't involve strategy.

These games might include dice, spinners, and cards, but also include strategy and choices.

These games don't use dice, spinners, or cards, and have nothing to do with luck. Skill games take lots of practice and include strategy.


Easiest to develop

Harder to develop

Most difficult to develop


Parcheesi, Candy Land, Life

Monopoly, Sorry, Backgammon


Chess, Checkers, Go, Othello

These games usually are the simplest to play, because they don't require much thinking. Most of the time they turn out as a race.

Anything more complex than spinning a spinner, rolling the dice, or picking a card, would fall under the catagory of luck and skill. A luck and skill game must require some luck or it will fall under the category of a skill game.

These games consist of no luck at all. Skill games usually have many different rules, and give you many choices on where to move, which piece to move, and how to win. Skill games usually include many pieces, involve strategy, and require concentration to play.


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