Glossary of board games

This glossary of board games explains commonly used terms in board games, in alphabetical order. For a list of board games, see List of board games; for terms specific to chess, see Glossary of chess; for terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems.

A
active:

Ameritrash:

B
bear off:

bit:

Black:

board:

C
capture:

card:

cell:

checker:

checkerboard:

chessboard:

column:

component:

counter:

currency:

custodian capture:

custodian method:

D
deck:

die:

dice:

direction of play: disc: displacement capture:

doublet:

E
empty board:

enemy:

Engine-building:



equipment:

escort capture:

Eurogame:

exchange:

F
file:

friendly:

G
gameboard:

game component:

game equipment:

game piece:

gameplay:

gamer:

gamespace:

grace:

H
handicap:

hex:

huff:

I
in hand:

in play:

interception capture:

intervention capture:

J
jump:

L
leap:

M
man:



meeple:

mill:

move:

O
odds:

open board:

order of play:

orthogonal:

out of play:

over the board:

P
pass:

pie rule:



piece:

playboard:

player:

playing area:

playspace:

point:



polyhedral dice:

R
rank:

replacement capture:

row:

rule:

ruleset:

S
singleton:

space:

square:

staging area:

starting area: stone:

swap:

T
take:

token:

trade:

triplet:

turn:

W
White:

Worker Placement: