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Dating back 5,000 years, this game of skill and chance has featured in many video games.
Blackjack is a widely popular casino game.
A board game is a game played on a mostly-static surface using markers or chits to indicate player progress. Many video game board games are based on tabletop games (Catan, Monopoly), but some, like Mario Party and Culdcept, are original designs that use board game design as a starting point.
AI Bots are computer-controlled game characters that substitute for characters that are otherwise typically played by a human, and are most commonly found in multiplayer games.
Also known as "draughts", checkers is a group of board games involving making diagonal moves on uniformed game pieces on a checkerboard. While different variants of the game exist, the term is commonly used to describe the "American straight checkers" (or "English draughts") variant.
One of the world's oldest board games, using eight pawns, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, a queen and king.
A German board game for 2-6 players involving moving color-coded balls along a star-shaped board. Despite the name, it is not a variant of "checkers" nor is it of Chinese origin.
A series of card games where players flip cards over in an attempt to match pairs. As cards are flipped back over on non-pairings, it requires players to remember where each card is. Known by a variety of names (including "Pairs" and the brand-name "Memory").
A sport that consists of gliding stone blocks over ice towards a central point, the player with the most stone blocks next to the goal wins.
A series of board games using special rectangular "domino" tiles, in which players must add matching tiles from their hand to an ever-expanding layout on the table. The term is commonly used for either the "Block", "Draw", or "Muggins" variants.
A gaming genre of its own, but also frequently featured as a mini-game in other titles, especially RPGs.
A series of two-player board games where players take turns stacking a piece on one of several chutes, attempting to connect a chain of four pieces in any direction. While it is known by other names and existed since the early 20th century, it is best known for the Milton Bradley version known as Connect Four.
Short for "Gomokunarabe" (or "line-up five pieces"), this board game of Japanese origin uses the same pieces and board of the game of Go as players take turns attempting to form a five-stone connection in any direction.
Card games played using a style of Japanese playing cards known as hanafuda, which include 48 cards split into the 12 months of the year.
Originally created in China, mahjong is a draw-and-discard game using a vast assortment of special tiles. It is popular throughout Asia and has many regional rule variations.
A matching pieces puzzle game played with Mahjong tiles. Two matching tiles are removed on each move with the overall goal being to remove every tile without blocking yourself off.
A series of two-player board games involving capturing small stones by "sowing" them on a board filled with holes. It is one of the oldest known games that are still played worldwide, with the modern common variant being "Kalah".
Nintendo Switch Online is the paid online service for Switch.
A custom middleware solution developed and supported by Nintendo for third party licensees making games for Nintendo platforms.
A genre of board games involving players racing their pieces around a cruciform board. Originating with the Indian game of the same name, more common variants include Ludo and the branded variants Aggravation, Parcheesi, Sorry!, and Trouble.
Poker is a card game that uses the traditional 52 playing card deck. It is considered a "mind sport" that combines both luck & skill, as players try to use betting mechanics to outwit their opponents and get the best combination of cards.
Also known as Othello, this strategic board game uses round pieces with a different color on either side. When pieces of one color form a straight line between two pieces of the other color, the middle pieces are flipped over.
A traditional Japanese board game also known as Japanese chess.
Also known as "patience", solitaire is a genre of card games that is generally played by a single player and revolves around sorting a layout of cards in a particular manner. The term is commonly used to describe the "Klondike" variant, although many variants of the genre exist.
These Switch games supports handheld style multiplayer.
Tennis is a sport that involves making a ball hit your opponent's side of the court by hitting it with a racket.
A dice game where players try to form the best combination of five dice by re-rolling certain ones, similar to five-card draw poker. Best known for its commercial derivative, known as Yahtzee.
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