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Board Games	comment	Tabletop games of skill and chance, often featuring custom-designed components made from wood, plastic, or cardboard and art design specifically tailored to facilitate the ease and/or enjoyment of gameplay. When they're depicted in fiction, they are commonly used to either illustrate the participating characters' culture or intelligence (or dispositions otherwise), or are incorporated as a worldbuilding or plot tool. There is a great variety in board games' mechanics, visual presentation, and theming, but those seen in fiction are typically either one of a few popular mass-produced titles or games which bear a strong resemblance to those titles. As a brief overview, there are five general categories of board games: Abstracts like Chess or Go, which focus on minimalism and have a penchant for elegance through simplicity in their designs. American-Style Games (sometimes called "Ameritrash", though such a term's use is contentious among the genre's fans), which prioritize creating epic narratives and dramatic moments while you play. Many Adventure Board Games and Narrative Board Games fall into this category as well, at least regarding the focus on laying the groundwork to tell an immersive story. Eurogames, which often revolve around a skill-based challenge of maximizing points (often called "Victory Points", where whoever earns the most wins the game) within the limitations and restrictions of the ruleset. Family Games, which prize accessible designs that involve and engage players as much as possible. One of the most popular of these is Catan. Germany has a long history of producing high-quality titles in this genre and this type of game is sometimes called a "German-Style Game" as a result. Wargames, which typically feature maps full of troops duking it out at varying levels of realism. It should be said that despite geographical descriptors like "American," "German," and "Euro," these types of board games aren't always made in or are exclusive to the regions their names reference - games put out in the mid-to-late 1900s by publishers like the American-based 3M and Avalon Hill, for example, reached international audiences for many years, and several game designers have made a name creating several games which each lie in different design philosophies, or even featuring multiple styles at once in a single game. The complexity and scope of board games vary wildly. To list a few examples, titles can range from a lighthearted party game with little in the way of thematic backdrop or artwork, to a cooperative Lovecraftian card game where you win by preventing an Ancient One's awakening, to a game where players are pre-industrial farmers who deal with the logistical challenges that come with building a farmstead, sowing fields, raising livestock, and growing their families. Likewise, board games' duration can be anywhere from a few minutes to months (The Campaign for North Africa, as one of the most extreme examples, has a listed playtime of 1,500 hours); however, most fall in the range of 30-90 minutes. There is a thriving hobby community surrounding board games. While board gaming has had a healthy hobbyist- and family-centered industry in Europe for decades, 1995's Settlers of Catan popularized it in the United States and many European publishers have since established global distribution channels for foreign markets. Catan in particular has sold over 22 million copies worldwide as of 2015, a volume comparable to the sales numbers of the most popular video game released on the Nintendo SNES, Super Mario World. The board game database site BoardGameGeek has hundreds of thousands of members. Board game conferences and conventions also have had a long history, with events like Gen Con in Indiana and Spiel in Essen, Germany drawing tens of thousands of attendees each year. Many review and podcast series give news on upcoming games and rate review copies sent to them by publishers; some of the most popular include The Dice Tower Network and Paul & Quinn's Shut Up and Sit Down, as well as GameCows. Wil Wheaton has promoted the board game hobby with his web series TableTop, where he and several "geek celebrities" play a variety of board games. Additionally, webcomics like Dork Tower and Going OverBoard detail the lives and adventures of board gamers. Board games have seen several digital implementations over the years. While several publishers like Asmodee and Stonemaier Games have developed or outsourced their own official forks, there are also websites like Yucata.de, TableTopia, and BoardGameArena, which feature free-to-play online implementations of games in several languages, programmed and updated by community members. The more "classic" board games tend to receive "skins" based on various other works: see Themed Stock Board Game.
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