board-gamer

A form of board gamer — A person who plays board games.

Meanings

nounboard-gamer (plural board-gamers)

plural board-gamers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of board gamer.

    There are many active groups of board-gamers around the country.

    2017, Fun & Profit from Collectables, Devizes, Wilts.: Collecticus, →ISBN, page 94
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    It would, Fortunato insisted, be a mistake to lump all board-gamers. “The Scrabble player has a different head from the chess player, and the backgammon player is from a different place.[…]”

    1977 March 19, Abe Peck, “Adult games: You can pick war or peace”, in The Herald News, volume 106, number 68, Passaic, N.J., page A-5, column 2

    With thousands of board games out there, and more being invented every day, dedicated board-gamers need a glossary to describe the various types and genres.

    2019 November 2, Richard Chin, “It’s game on”, in Star Tribune, volume XXXVIII, number 212, Minneapolis, Minn., page E3, column 6
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APA

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Chicago

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