ESOL 2 Board Game Vocabulary

The surface where a board game is played.

• Prototype

• Game Board

• Dice

• Game Pieces

A game where players take turns following rules.

• Turn-based

• Strategy

• Objective

• Chance

A plan for winning a game.

• Turn-based

• Strategy

• Objective

• Chance

The goal or aim of a game.

• Turn-based

• Strategy

• Objective

• Chance

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The instructions that explain how to play a game.

• Player-order

• Game Rules

• Scoreboard

• Game Mechanics

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Objects used in a board game to represent players or other elements.

• Prototype

• Game Board

• Dice

• Game Pieces

Small cubes with dots used to generate numbers randomly.

• Prototype

• Game Board

• Dice

• Game Pieces

The sequence in which players take turns.

• Player-order

• Game Rules

• Scoreboard

• Game Mechanics

The possibility of something happening randomly.

• Turn-based

• Strategy

• Objective

• Chance

A first version of something made for testing.

• Prototype

• Game Board

• Dice

• Game Pieces