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Most Popular Board Games Quiz
Which game is "Chairman of the Board"? Here's a list of the 20 most popular board games --- how many do you know?
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johnnyaitch
Great quiz! I feel like I've played a version of Trivial Pursuit before 1979.
Apr 12, 2012 delete reply
kalbahamut
My parents owned the original "Genius Edition" which certainly felt like it was printed before 1979, since all the questions were about TV shows and movies that only the greatest generation has heard of. But I guess they wanted they probably just wanted the game to appeal to adults when they first made it, so, in 1979, that means asking questions about things that happened from 1940-1970 or so, giving it an older feel.
In the same way that many of the popular quizzes on this site are about the 1980s.. it makes the 20-35 year olds using the site feel nostalgic, even if some of the kids might be lost.
Feb 16, 2013 delete reply
mariofan367
There is a picture of Chess! Geez, wow.
May 3, 2012 delete reply
leannexx
I can't believe I left out mancala! I love that game.
Jul 11, 2012 delete reply
BuckDonk
How is it possible Axis & Allies is that popular? I owned it and loved it but I've never met anyone else who even heard of it. I thought it was just for nerds who liked games with 100 page instruction manuals...
Jul 11, 2012 delete reply
ammo55
Loved that game
Sep 10, 2012 delete reply
kalbahamut
yeah I was thinking the same thing. Good game.. but it takes more time to set up the board than the average game of Monopoly runs start to finish, which itself is about 30 minutes longer than the average person wants to spend playing a board game.
Feb 16, 2013 delete reply
gtbeam3r
please accept 'scattagories' because some people can't spell well
Jul 11, 2012 delete reply
CBTemple
That will work now....thanks!
Jul 11, 2012 delete reply
lilig48
Actually, the correct spelling is still the only spelling that is accepted. Please change this.
Jul 12, 2012 delete
Quizmaster
Will work now for real. :)
Jul 16, 2012 delete
lkrs42
I entered it with only one "t". Didn't think to add the second.
Feb 14, 2013 delete
Uberdachen
Charades is already a visual game. "Written form" or "drawn form" would make more sense.
Jul 11, 2012 delete reply
bnwebs
Can't believe I missed scattergories!
Jul 11, 2012 delete reply
Yossarian
Scattergories is the best game EVAR
Jul 11, 2012 delete reply
alk17
I thought you played that peg game at Cracker Barrell.
Jul 11, 2012 delete reply
grasshopper123
maybe you are thinking of cribbage?
Jul 13, 2012 delete reply
idigarchaeology
Yes! The one where you jump all the pegs and try to finish with only one peg left over (not cribbage, grasshopper). I've never seen checkers at Cracker Barrel, so I got this one wrong.
Jul 14, 2012 delete reply
Nobody
Go is from japan, not china
Jul 11, 2012 delete reply
SK
Truth
Jan 22, 2013 delete reply
konkydog
The game originated in China 2500 yrs or more ago, long before it became popular in Japan.
May 17, 2013 delete reply
eric29cocoanuts
I have a very nice backgammon set and there are no checkers included, just small discs; the clue is confusing. Also, Othello may well be Desdemona's husband but shouldn't the clue describe the game and not some other random piece of trivia?
Jul 11, 2012 delete reply
theLAYTshow
Does Chinese game using stones not also describe Mahjong?
Jul 11, 2012 delete reply
CBTemple
Mahjong would be described as a "Chinese tile-matching game" or something similar. The tiles don't look like stones, although they could be made from stone, I suppose. But the bottom line with this quiz is that Mahjong is not one of the 20 most popular games.....
Jul 11, 2012 delete reply
DeGinner
Any chance for accpeting "the game of life" rather than just life?
Jul 12, 2012 delete reply
Quizmaster
Okay. That will work now.
Jul 16, 2012 delete reply
gravyfury
good quiz!
Jul 16, 2012 delete reply
Petey
You need to add draughts instead of 'checkers' - for us Brits!
Jul 17, 2012 delete reply
CBTemple
A fair request. Done and done!
Jul 18, 2012 delete reply
AlexDoubt
The Cracker Barrel one threw me for a loop.. I immediately thought about that triangular block of wood with the pegs :3
Jul 28, 2012 delete reply
OrangePanda28
SCATTERGORIES IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oct 23, 2012 delete reply
kalbahamut
Never heard of Mancala but I've played every other game on this list.
Feb 16, 2013 delete reply
Synchronicity
The visual version of Charades? Isn't that... well, Charades?
Feb 22, 2013 delete reply
soda15
never heard of go in my entire life D:
Mar 29, 2013 delete reply
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