Board Games (strategic)

  1. Ataxx Play 10 variations against the computer (pressibus.org) Ataxx Play against another human
  2. Automaton Wars Place your counters, pile them up, then watch them explode.If you plan it well you'll knock out your opponent when your pieces explode (intermountain.net)
  3. Batalo A positional board game for two players invented by Scott Harmon
  4. BlobWars A 2 player game of survival. Destroy your opponents blobs before yours are destroyed
  5. Checkers (or draughts). You may either play the computer or a human in this version (from Timothy Rodgers)
  6. Chess Play the computer at chess with this Java applet (www.lokasoft.nl)
  7. Chinese Checkers Up to 6 players can play this peg jumping game (jgames.com)
  8. Connect 4 Can you beat the computer? (from EncycloZine:Online Board Games).
  9. Hare and Hounds Try to trap the elusive hare using your three hounds (from EncycloZine:Online Board Games)
  10. Hex 7 Can you join your two edges before the computer joins the other two edges? (from EncycloZine:Online Board Games). Alternative Hex 7 (from mazeworks.com)
  11. Lines of Action A game of counters for two players. Read the Rules (The University of Alberta Games Group)
  12. Mancala This is a game of "stones". Lift a pile and seed them, one per bowl, and try to capture your opponents stones (Chris Malumphy)
  13. Nim In this macabre version you try to force the computer to remove the last skull from the board (from Timothy Rodgers)
  14. Reversi Play this shifting game of flipping counters! (from Timothy Rodgers). Another Site where it's called Twiddle(1player) or Twiddle(2players) (from braingle.com)
  15. TacTix Invented by Piet Hein. Remove counters and try to force the computer to remove the last one (from EncycloZine:Online Board Games). Alternative TacTix (mazeworks.com)

 

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