backgammon
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a game for two people played on a board using two dice and counters (=round pieces) in two different colours
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a game for two people played on a board using two dice and counters (=round pieces) in two different colours
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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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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 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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any one of the small round pieces used in the game of draughts. The American word is checker.
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a board with squares of two different colours on it, used for playing draughts. The American word is checkerboard.
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a game for two people, played on a board with black and white squares using 24 round pieces. The American word is 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
an American spelling of mahjong
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 coloured 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 aim 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 draughts
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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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