board-game

plural board-games

1. datedDated form of board game.

   The twelfth had his chair half turned and was playing across a far corner of the table the board-game that made the occasional tiny rutching noises.

   1964 January, Fritz Leiber, Harry [Otto] Fischer, “The Lords of Quarmall”, in Cele Goldsmith, editor, Fantastic: Stories of Imagination, volume 13, number 1, Chicago, Ill.: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 9, column 1

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   The aim of this survey has been to present as complete a record as is possible of the board-games that exist, or have existed, in different parts of the world, to establish how they are played, to sketch what is known of their histories and developments, and to investigate the ultimate origin of board-games in general and the circumstances which made possible their invention.

   1952, H[arold] J[ames] R[uthven] Murray, “Preface”, in A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess, Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page v

   Whether you enjoy sport or TV, computers or cinema, going out for coffee or staying in playing board-games, befriending is a practical and fun way to make a real difference to someone in your local community.

   2001 March 1, National Autistic Society Wales, “Volunteers needed”, in South Wales Guardian, number 2131, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 2