The Settlers of Catan | ... ally features only in games for three or more people. An important facet of | , for example, is convincing people to trade with you rather than with oth ... |
ulama | ... ere often serious injuries inflicted by the solid, heavy ball. Today's hip- | players are "perpetually bruised" while nearly 500 years ago Spanish chron ... |
football | The | clubs Dinaburg FC and FC Daugava play at Celtnieks Stadium in Daugavpils. ... |
football | Mighty Blackpool is a Sierra Leonean | club based in the capital Freetown. They play in the Sierra Leone National ... |
Skitgubbe | ... nochle or Belote. Other multi-stage, multi-genre games include Poke, Flaps, | and Tichu. Vici is an example of a multi-genre card game which combines el ... |
Mythos | ... y of its campaign and adventure supplements. Two collectible card games are | and Call of Cthulhu, the Living Card Game. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card G ... |
Association football | ... 20th century, peaking in the 1970s and 1980s with a host of major honours. | , on the other hand, was scarcely a claim to fame until 1967, when Coventr ... |
football | Gelsenkirchen is home of the | club FC Schalke 04. Schalke's home ground, Veltins-Arena, is generally reg ... |
Cluedo | ... theme, as with checkers, to having a specific theme and narrative, as with | . Rules can range from the very simple, as in tic-tac-toe, to those descri ... |
Knattleikr | ... game was introduced by the Icelandic immigrants adapting the Icelandic game | . These immigrants moved to Canada and USA after the eruption of a volcano ... |
tables | ... ackgammon, most of which share common traits. Backgammon is a member of the | family, one of the oldest classes of board games in the world |
Spades | ... ks as possible, or taking an exact number of tricks. Bridge, Whist, Euchre, | , and the various Tarot card games are popular examples |
First Internet Backgammon Server | ... dom or pseudorandom number generators. Real-time online play began with the | in July 1992. It is the longest running backgammon server on the internet |
Soccer | ... mala City possesses several sportsgrounds and is home to many sports clubs. | is the most popular sport, with CSD Municipal, Aurora FC and Comunicacione ... |
Flaps | ... h as Pinochle or Belote. Other multi-stage, multi-genre games include Poke, | , Skitgubbe and Tichu. Vici is an example of a multi-genre card game which ... |
Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game | ... ble card games are Mythos and Call of Cthulhu, the Living Card Game. In the | an archetype, the Arcana Force, are based on his works. Several computer h ... |
Australian rules football | Despite being located in New South Wales, Albury is a stronghold of | . The local Ovens & Murray Football League is one of the strongest regiona ... |
Football | Calcio Storico Fiorentino ("Historic Florentine | "), sometimes called Calcio in costume, is a traditional sport, regarded a ... |
Tien Gow | Chinese dominoes are used in several tile-based games, namely, | , Pai Gow, Che Deng, Tiu U and Kap Tai Shap. In Cantonese they are called ... |
Monopoly | ... chess, go, mancala), less has been done on contemporary board games such as | , Scrabble, and Risk. Much research has been carried out on chess, in part ... |
Rugby union | ... nding of the city, and it also features in festivals in many smaller towns. | is found to some extent in Ecuador, with teams in Guayaquil, Quito, and Cu ... |
Nine Men's Morris | ... enju, Hex, Hive, Hnefatafl, Jungle, Kropki, Kuba, Lines of Action, Neutron, | , Octi, Philosopher's Football, Plateau, PÜNCT, Quadrature, Reversi (Othel ... |
football | The samba is frequently associated abroad with | and Carnival. This history began with the international success of Aquarel ... |
British baseball | ... Fund between Welsh and American teams of the U.S. Beaufort & U.S. Jupiter. | matches have also regularly taken place at the Arms Park and hosted the an ... |
Pai Gow | Chinese dominoes are used in several tile-based games, namely, Tien Gow, | , Che Deng, Tiu U and Kap Tai Shap. In Cantonese they are called "Gwat Pai ... |
British baseball | ... et; they include athletics, association football, greyhound racing, tennis, | and boxing. The site also has a bowling green to the north of Cardiff rugb ... |
Rummikub | ... based on three-suited money playing card decks, similar to the way in which | tiles were derived recently from modern Western playing cards |
Battlestar Galactica Collectable Card Game | Wiz Kids, Inc. (a collectible game manufacturer) produced the | based on the 2003 mini-series and 2004 TV show. The premier set of this ga ... |
ulama | ... in different places during the millennia, and a modern version of the game, | , is still played in a few places by the local indigenous population |
footballer | ... les Von-Doellinger Castro (born 3 June 1979 in Fafe, Braga) is a Portuguese | who plays for Moreirense F.C. in the Portuguese second division, as a midf ... |
soccer | ... ng Redwood Road. City Park includes baseball and softball fields, football, | , and lacrosse fields, volleyball courts, tennis courts and a skate park. ... |
Bridge | ... ble, taking as few tricks as possible, or taking an exact number of tricks. | , Whist, Euchre, Spades, and the various Tarot card games are popular exam ... |
Australian rules football | ... tion, Radio Nauru, which carries programs from Radio Australia and the BBC. | is the most popular sport in Nauru. There is a football league with seven ... |
Rugby union | Hanover is also one of the | capitals in Germany. The first German Rugby team was founded in Hanover in ... |
football (soccer) | Like in most of both Spain and the Basque country, | is the most popular competitive sport, followed by basketball |
Go Fish | ... es generally fall into the "fishing" genre and include the children's games | and Old Maid |
ulama | The rules of the ballgame are not known, but judging from its descendant, | , they were probably similar to racquetball, where the aim is to keep the ... |
Trivial Pursuit | ... rassed) Oh ... oh, sure." DeForest Kelley himself parodied the phrase for a | commercial ("How should I know? I'm an actor, not a doctor"). The phrase a ... |
Zooloretto | ... the 2007 award were released on 20 May 2007. The five games nominated were: | was announced as winner on 25 June 2007 |
Knattleikr | ... ng the chosen point with the least number of strokes. A similar game called | had been played for thousand years or more by the Vikings as documented in ... |
Mesoamerican ballgame | ... lls (albeit solid and not inflated) which were employed most notably in the | . Balls used in various sports in other parts of the world prior to Columb ... |
Ataxx | ... for storing records of board games. Games currently supported are Amazons, | , Backgammon, Byte, Chase, Chess, DVONN, Exxit, Focus, Gess, GIPF, Go, Gob ... |
football | ... . However, virtually all African peoples have a version of this board game. | is also a pastime enjoyed by many, either spectating or playing. The natio ... |
football | ... he tallest chimneys in Germany (302 m). Gelsenkirchen is home of the famous | club Schalke 04, which is named after the borough Schalke, while the club' ... |
Middle-earth Collectible Card Game | In the | produced by Iron Crown Enterprises, most of the Nazgûl have invented names ... |
football | The most played and popular sport in Yerevan is | . Yerevan has many with five in the 2012 season of the Armenian Premier Le ... |
1000 Blank White Cards | ... but may be created by the game's players. Uno, Phase 10, Set, Slamwich and | are popular dedicated-deck card games; the last game is unique in that the ... |
shedding game | In a | , players start with a hand of cards, and the object of the game is to be ... |
Mesoamerican ballgame | ... d adobe that covered airy halls. There are two large courts for playing the | . Some of the architecture is similar to that at Chichen Itza |
football | ... is affixed with the seal of the city. According to a legend, the Argentine | team, Boca Juniors' flag and colors were inspired by the flag of Sweden |
football | ... ty is home to Mogadishu Stadium, which plays host to the Somalia Cup and to | teams from the Somalia League. The New Somali Youth League grassroots orga ... |
Monopoly | When Enix took over the | video game clone Itadaki Street, the Dragon Quest franchise became an inte ... |
ballcourts | Pre-Columbian | have been found throughout Mesoamerica, as far south as Nicaragua, and pos ... |
Football | ... Festival. Issa Serge Coelo directed Chad's two other films, Daresalam and . | is Chad's most popular sport. The country's national team is closely follo ... |
Football | The city has a strong sporting tradition. | club Newcastle United has been based at St James' Park since the club was ... |
Phase 10 | ... ing-type games are also shedding-type games; some variants of Rummy such as | and Rummikub, as well as the children's game Old Maid, fall into both cate ... |
Qwirkle | ... the 2011 award were released on 23 May 2011. The three games nominated were | was announced as the winner on June 27, 2011 |
British baseball | ... nd bear a resemblance to the GAA version of the game. Rounders is linked to | , which is still played in Liverpool, Cardiff and Newport. Although rounde ... |
Phase 10 | ... re thus usually proprietary, but may be created by the game's players. Uno, | , Set, Slamwich and 1000 Blank White Cards are popular dedicated-deck card ... |
Rummikub | ... s are also shedding-type games; some variants of Rummy such as Phase 10 and | , as well as the children's game Old Maid, fall into both categories |
Kolf | ... is book Early Golf, Steven van Hengel describes how the game of "Colf" or " | " was played in 1297 near the castle of Kronenburg. The players had to hit ... |
Word play | ... Crab. These narratives frequently dip into self-reference and metafiction. | also features prominently in the work. Puns are occasionally used to conne ... |
football | Hannover 96 (nickname Die Roten or 'The Reds') is the local | team that plays in the Bundesliga top division. Home games are played at t ... |
football | Clube Atlético Mineiro ( Mineiro Athletic Club), are a Brazilian | club based in Belo Horizonte, the oldest in the city. Founded in 1908, the ... |
Association football | ... atches as well as other field sports. The track stadium holds 3,000 people. | is the national and most popular sport |
football | ... oir and Dunfermline district pipe band. Dunfermline is home to professional | , rugby and cricket teams. The senior football team, Dunfermline Athletic ... |
Merkle's Boner | ... ation throughout his career for this lapse, which went down in history as " | ". In his defense, some baseball historians have suggested that it was not ... |
footballer | Clive Payne (1950–), former professional | for Norwich City and A.F.C. Bournemouth was born in Aylsham |
Rugby union | ... Lynch showed an enormous interest and great accomplishment as a sportsman. | , soccer, swimming and handball were all favourite pastimes for Lynch, how ... |
football | ... to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for | clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has bee ... |
Go (game) | #Redirect | |
Mak-yek | ... g the Dark Ages, particularly in Northern Europe. Some native games such as | still retain this form of capture |
Scopa | ... many nations, including China, where there are many diverse fishing games. | is considered one of the national card games of Italy. Cassino is the only ... |
football | ... fying match, which ended goalless. It was also the first ever international | match held in Great Britain that was watched by all-seater spectators |
Quidditch | ... of Marianne Faithfull's character. Heidelberg is the home of a professional | team operating within the fictional Harry Potter universe: the Heidelberg ... |
Australian rules football | The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an | club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formed in 1892, ... |
Hanafuda | | (Japanese: 花札, lit. flower cards) were Japanese cards with flower designs. ... |
Water polo | ... sful Greek teams are Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, Aris Thessaloniki and PAOK. | and volleyball are also practiced widely in Greece while cricket and handb ... |
football | Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional | club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two |
Toepen | ... ber of drinks as the wager. Another game often played as a drinking game is | , quite popular in the Netherlands. Some card games are designed specifica ... |
Eight Off | One of the oldest ancestors of FreeCell is | . In the June 1968 edition of Scientific American, Martin Gardner describe ... |
Poohsticks | ... for Eeyore, meets Tigger, finds Small while trapped in a gravel pit, plays | , gets lost in the mist, and helps rescue Pooh and Owl after they are trap ... |
Tantrix | ... tball, Plateau, PÜNCT, Quadrature, Reversi (Othello), Sahara, Shogi, TAMSK, | , Trax, Tripples, Tumbling Down, TwixT, Xiangqi, YINSH and ZÈRTZ |
Tafl games | Other games which use custodian capture: Hasami shogi, Ludus latrunculorum, | |
football | As in other major cities of the world, | is Lagos' most popular sport. Prominent Lagos football clubs include Juliu ... |
Candy Land | ... on player skill. But many children's games are mainly decided by luck: e.g. | and Chutes and Ladders require no decisions by the players. A player may b ... |
football | The history of | in Ferrol is associated to the shipbuilding yards, workshops, foundries an ... |
Rummikub | ... The most notable examples of such tile sets are dominoes, mahjong tiles and | tiles. Chinese dominoes are also available as playing cards. It is not cle ... |
Uno | ... cks are thus usually proprietary, but may be created by the game's players. | , Phase 10, Set, Slamwich and 1000 Blank White Cards are popular dedicated ... |
Gomoku | ... ckgammon, Byte, Chase, Chess, DVONN, Exxit, Focus, Gess, GIPF, Go, Gobblet, | +Renju, Hex, Hive, Hnefatafl, Jungle, Kropki, Kuba, Lines of Action, Neutr ... |
football | Gordon Banks, OBE (born 30 December 1937) is a retired English | goalkeeper. The IFFHS named Banks the second best goalkeeper of the 20th c ... |
handball | There is also a | club and it is playing in the French second division |
Association football | There are several varieties of football, with the most notable being | , Gridiron football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ... |
Trax | ... ateau, PÜNCT, Quadrature, Reversi (Othello), Sahara, Shogi, TAMSK, Tantrix, | , Tripples, Tumbling Down, TwixT, Xiangqi, YINSH and ZÈRTZ |
Play65 | ... 11, the WBA has announced collaborating with the online backgammon provider | for the 2011 season of the European Backgammon Tour. The season has eight ... |
footballer | Emilio Butragueño Santos (born 22 July 1963 in Madrid) is a retired Spanish | who played as a striker |
Fictionary | Balderdash is based on | , which is essentially the Weird Words category of Balderdash. However, ob ... |
Sorry! | ... urces a player gains, such as in The Settlers of Catan. Other games such as | use a deck of special cards that, when shuffled, create randomness. Scrabb ... |
Australian rules football | ... tball, with the most notable being Association football, Gridiron football, | , Gaelic football, rugby league and rugby union. The number of players sel ... |
Belote | ... mon multi-stage combination is a "trick-and-meld" game, such as Pinochle or | . Other multi-stage, multi-genre games include Poke, Flaps, Skitgubbe and ... |
Xiangqi | ... ello), Sahara, Shogi, TAMSK, Tantrix, Trax, Tripples, Tumbling Down, TwixT, | , YINSH and ZÈRTZ |
football | As for hobbies, Vargas Llosa is very fond of | , and is a renowned supporter of Universitario de Deportes. The writer him ... |
ballcourt | ... s version was the primary—or perhaps only—version played within the masonry | . Ample archaeological evidence exists for games where the ball was struck ... |
Association football | ... and the Pyongyang City Sports Club. The most popular sport in Pyongyang is | |
ballcourts | ... causing unconventional orientation of the major structures, such as the two | |
Football | ... g a range of function rooms, and suites, which can be hired out for events. | has been played at the ground since it was opened on 2 September 1899, whe ... |
Australian rules football | ... irkpatrick, actor/writer Noel Hodda, V8 Supercar driver David Reynolds, and | er Brett Kirk. The actor Matt Holmes most notably known for his role as Sw ... |
French tarot | ... by the Deutscher Skatverband which publishes the Skatordnung. The rules of | are governed by the Fédération Française de Tarot. The rules of Poker's va ... |
Australian rules football | There are three | clubs in Wodonga, the Wodonga Football Club, the Wodonga Raiders Football ... |