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What is a board game?

Board games (chess, cards and puzzle games) generally refer to table games

Table games originated in Germany and have been popular in Europe and America for decades. Everyone will make friends and make friends with games. In foreign countries, the content of table games involves many aspects, such as war, trade, culture, art, urban construction, history, etc., and most of them are assisted by paper materials and exquisite models. It is a face-to-face game with great emphasis on communication.

Therefore, desktop games are the best communication method for family leisure, friends gathering and even business leisure. At the beginning of the 21st century, it also landed in China, becoming popular among white-collar workers.

Modern table games generally have the following characteristics:

1. Games are usually designed as multiplayer games, which are usually played by 2-8 people, and the game time of a game is usually half an hour to two hours.

2. The rules of the game are easy to understand, even children aged 8-12 can master them. On the other hand, games have high requirements for the use of strategies, which makes games equally attractive to adults.

3. Game design uses various themes such as history, economy, war, culture, art and architecture, as well as interesting rule design, so as to promote the interactive participation among players to the greatest extent. Compared with the traditional table game, the game is much richer by moving the number of steps by throwing dice and randomly drawing.

4. Usually, no player in the game will be eliminated in the middle of the game, and the game will end after one or more players achieve a certain goal or a certain round.

5. The game design and drawing are full of artistic creativity, well-made and exquisite in materials. Make every game a work that players are willing to collect.

6. The game has good openness and supports players to create or expand their own rules. And participate in some good modes of opening materials and rules for players to make by themselves, which is called "print table game" abroad (print &; Play Games)。