Classic Board Games

Classic board games are the ones many of us have at home: dice, tiles and taking turns. There are about 90, some pure luck and some that make you think a bit more.

Dice and race-around-the-board classics

This category includes the games where you roll the dice and move along. The Game of the Goose, known in Spanish as La Oca, and Goose Game Multiplayer are the clearest examples: whoever reaches the final square first wins, with special squares that make you jump ahead, go back or lose a turn. Parchís (Parchís Multijugador), a Spanish relative of Pachisi, and Ludo (Ludo Online, Ludo) are similar: you have to bring all your pieces home before the others, and in Parchís you can also capture pieces. Snake and Ladder is the snakes and ladders version.

Dominoes, tiles and words

Dominoes are well represented: Domino, Ikon Domino, Dominoes Deluxe, Domino Legend, Domino Battle and Tren Dominó Mejicano (Mexican Train). You place tiles whose number matches an end on the table. Rummikub asks you to form groups and runs of numbered tiles, and it's one of the most strategic. Dados Generala is a dice game of combinations, similar to Yahtzee. Word Finder Board Game and Sudoku Remote go the word and number route.

How to choose

• To play without thinking too hard: Oca or Snake and Ladder, where the dice decide almost everything.
• With a bit of tactics: Parchís, Ludo or Dominoes, which reward choosing well which piece to move.
• To think more: Rummikub or Elite Mahjong.

Some say in the title that you can play with other people, like Oca Multijugador, Parchís Multijugador or Goose Game Multiplayer. In the rest you play against the computer or take turns on one screen, so read the instructions before you start.

A tip for Parchís: don't rush one lone piece all the way home. Pieces that travel in pairs, or sit on a safe square, are hard to capture.

A few facts about the real tabletop versions, in case you want to check that a game is faithful: the Goose board has 63 squares, Parchís is played with four pieces per player, a classic domino set has 28 tiles and Rummikub comes with 106 (104 numbered and 2 jokers).