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a game for two people played on a board using two dice and counters (=round pieces) in two different colors

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a game for one person in which a small ball rolls around a board with holes in it. You score points depending on which hole the ball falls into.

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an indoor game played on a board, often with pieces that are moved around it

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any one of the small round pieces used in the game of checkers. The British word is draught.

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a special board used for playing the game of checkers, which has 64 black and white squares of equal size. The British word is draughtboard.

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a game for two people, played on a board with black and white squares using 24 round pieces. The British word is draughts.

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a game for two people, played on a board with black and white squares, using different shaped pieces, including two kings. The aim is to get the other player’s king into a position where it cannot move

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a game played by several people on a board shaped like a star. Each player tries to be the first to move a set of marbles (=small glass balls) from holes on one side of the board to holes on the other.

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a small round colored object that you use in a board game

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a small flat piece of plastic or wood with spots on it, used in the game of dominoes

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a game in which players take turns to try to place each domino on a table next to another with the same number of spots on it

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the game of checkers

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a Japanese game for two people, played with black and white stones on a board with lines that cross each other

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a game in which each player tries to match the numbers on their card with numbers chosen by chance from a container

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a Chinese game played on a table with small square pieces

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to change the position of objects that you use for playing games on boards

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a change in the position of one of the objects used in board games

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a player’s opportunity to change the position of an object in a board game

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a way in which a player is allowed to change the position of an object in a board game

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an object that you move in a board game

a game in which two or more players try to form words using letters on a board

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a game played on a board with colored squares and pictures of snakes and ladders

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a game for one person in which you move pieces around on a board. The goal is to have only one piece left at the end of the game.

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one of the small sections that the board is divided into in games such as chess and checkers

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a game in which you try to make flat round pieces of plastic fly into a container by pressing the edge of them with a larger piece. Each piece is called a tiddlywink.

a game played on a board in which players have to answer questions on various subjects

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a game in which people use images or models of military forces to pretend to fight battles on a computer or on a table

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in some board games, the person who uses the white pieces