2.4- Board Games

Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG). D&D's publication is commonly recognized as the beginning of modern role-playing games and the role-playing game industry, and also deeply influenced the Role-playing video game genre. The game was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2016 and into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2017. It was designed by Gary Gygax and _______ ?

• Corey Konieczka

• Dave Arneson

• Uwe Rosenberg

• Eric M. Lang

The objective of the game is to move the fifteen pieces around the board and be first to remove them from the board. This family of games dates back nearly 5,000 years to Mesopotamia and Persia, whereas the earliest record of the game itself dates to the 17th century England. This game involves a combination of strategy and luck. Who is the current open world champion in this game ?

• Sander Lylloff

• Masayuki Mochizuki

• Eli Roymi

• Akiko Yazawa

Snakes and ladders is a board game that was originated in ancient India as Moksha Patam. The game originated as part of a family of Indian dice board games that are known in English as Ludo and Parcheesi. What is the traditional name in India that is translated in English as Ludo ?

• Gyan chauper

• shatranj al-'urafa

• Jain chauper

• Gyan Patum

Monopoly is a multi-player economics-themed board game. In the game, players roll two dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties and developing them with houses and hotels. What is the name of the mascot of this board game ?

• Uncle Pennybags

• Whiter Beard Monopoly

• Rich Uncle Monopoly

• Rich Uncle Pennybags

This game is a charades-inspired word-guessing game invented by Robert Angel with graphic design by Gary Everson and first published in 1985 by Angel Games Inc. The game is played in teams with players trying to identify specific words from their teammates. What is the name of the game ?

• Charades

• iconary

• Pactionary

• Pictionary

This game is thought to have its origins in the French game L'Attaque played during World War I. It is played on ruled grids (paper or board) on which each player's fleet of warships are marked. The locations of the fleets are concealed from the other player. Players alternate turns calling "shots" at the other player's ships, and the objective of the game is to destroy the opposing player's fleet. What is the name of this game ?

• Shotship

• Battleship

• Gridmatch

• Mugwump

Players alternate turns placing a stone of their color on an empty intersection. Black plays first. The winner is the first player to form an unbroken chain of five stones horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. What is the traditional game of this abstract strategy board game which was called in English 'Five in a Row' ?

• Gomuku

• Ninuki-Ranju

• Omol

• Pantee

Which country has won the world Sudoku championship in team catagory most times ?

• Japan

• China

• Germany

• Czech Republic

Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. Name the company who own the trademark (Scrabble) in most of the world ?

• Spin Master

• MEGA entertainment

• Hasbro

• Mattel

Checkers is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers is developed from which ancient game ?

• Alquerque

• Fanorona

• Zuni

• Fetaix