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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top role-playing games published in 2000. For video and console games, see 2000 in video gaming.
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This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top role-playing games published in 2002. For video and console games, see 2002 in video gaming.
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A board game is a game played with counters or pieces that are placed on, removed from, or moved across a "board" (a premarked surface, usually specific to that game). Simple board games often make ideal "family entertainment" since they are often appropriate for all ages.
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wargame is a game that simulates or represents a military operation. Wargaming is the hobby dedicated to the play of such games, which are also called conflict simulations.
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Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming designed to incorporate miniatures or figurines into play. The miniatures are used to represent troops or vehicles (such as tanks, chariots, aircraft, ships, etc.).
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role-playing game (RPG; often roleplaying game) is a game in which the participants assume the roles of fictional characters and collaboratively create or follow stories.
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BoardGameGeek entry Apples to Apples is a fast-paced party game published by Out of the Box Publishing. It is designed for four to ten players. The name is a play on the phrase apples and oranges.
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BoardGameGeek entry Apples to Apples is a fast-paced party game published by Out of the Box Publishing. It is designed for four to ten players. The name is a play on the phrase apples and oranges.
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Tribond is a popular board game distributed by Mattel. It asks the question - "What do these three things have in common?" Players try to guess the "common bond" between the three clues.
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Capitol is a German-style building game set in the ancient Roman Empire, designed by Aaron Weissblum and Alan R. Moon. The games was published by Schmidt Spiele in 2001.
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BoardGameGeek entry  (more...) Carcassonne is a tile-based German-style board game for two to five players, designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and published in 2000 by Hans im Glück in German and Rio Grande Games in English.
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Chrononauts is a card game played with a specially designed set of 136 cards. There are 32 "Timeline" cards that form the game board, 24 cards ("IDs" and "Missions") describing goals for the players, and 80 cards ("Artifacts," "Actions,"
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BoardGameGeek entry  (more...) Cosmic Coasters is a board game designed by Andrew Looney and published by Looney Labs. In 2002, Cosmic Coasters won the Origins Award for Best Abstract Board Game of 2001.
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DVONN is a two-player strategy board game in which the objective is to accumulate pieces in stacks. It was released in 2001 by Kris Burm as the fourth game of the GIPF Project.
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Entdecker is a German-style board game designed by Klaus Teuber and published in 1996 by Goldsieber in German. Although the game won 2nd prize in the Deutscher Spiele Preis, many gamers were disappointed with the game after the success of Teuber's previous game,
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Evo: The Last Gasp of the Dinosaurs is a German-style board game for three to five players, designed by Philippe Keyaerts and published by Eurogames. The game won the GAMES Magazine award for Game of the year 2002
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Fairy Meat is a warband-based tabletop game first published by Kenzer & Company in 2000, written and designed by Scott Leaton and illustrated by Brian Vega. The game revolves around the battles of a pack (Circle) of vicious, cannibal fairies.
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BoardGameGeek entry  (more...) Fluxx is a card game, played with a specially-designed 84-card deck. It is different from most other card games, in that the rules and the conditions for winning are altered throughout the game, via cards played by the players.
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The Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting is a role-playing game sourcebook first published in 1987, detailing the Forgotten Realms setting, containing information on characters, locations, and history as well as setting-specific rules for use with the Dungeons & Dragons
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Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a tabletop fantasy role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by the Gygax-owned company Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR).
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role-playing game (RPG; often roleplaying game) is a game in which the participants assume the roles of fictional characters and collaboratively create or follow stories.
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Formula Dé is a board game that simulates formula racing (F1, CART, IRL). It is for two to ten players. It was designed by Eric Randall and Laurent Lavaur and was published by Ludodélire.
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Frag is a first-person shooter-themed board game published by Steve Jackson Games in the summer of 2001. It was developed by Steve Jackson and Philip Reed, and illustrated by Alex Fernandez.
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The GIPF Project is an award-winning series of six abstract strategy games by designer Kris Burm. The series is named after the first game, GIPF, and the idea behind the project is that the reward for winning each of the other games in the series is to allow the
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The GIPF Project is an award-winning series of six abstract strategy games by designer Kris Burm. The series is named after the first game, GIPF, and the idea behind the project is that the reward for winning each of the other games in the series is to allow the
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Grave Robbers from Outer Space (GROS) is a card game designed by Stephen Tassie and published out by Z-Man Games. GROS parodies movies and movie clichés, especially those from science fiction and horror movies.
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Hacker is a card game (not a Trading card game) made by Steve Jackson Games (SJG). Published in 1992, the players impersonates hackers fighting for the control of computer networks. It is based primarily on interlocking access to different computer systems in the web.
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The Play Mat: For anyone who has purchased the Harry Potter Trading Card Game Starter Set, they will find a handy "play mat," which is literally a map that players can use to guide them through a match.
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