Free Printable Board Games

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You can find free printable board games all over the Internet. Sometimes you may want to play a common game but just don't have the materials or you may want to play a new game you've never heard of before. Both types of game are available on the Internet in abundance. Sometimes the names are different, though. For instance, the basic game of War with a pencil and folded up paper could be called Battle on some websites. Make sure you check out the descriptions of the most common games before passing on them. A lot of the games have you printing out portions of a game board and pasting it to cardboard, then printing out pieces or cards to use.

Free Printable Board Games at Teachertools.org

At Teachertools you can find 11 easy to moderate games ranging from strategy to action to trivia. All the boards are printed out in portions. They are colorfully done and in JPG format.

Some of the games listed:

Awithliknanni—this is a Zuni Indian strategy board game that combines checkers and pente. You can use any type of piece you want; you just need to print the board.
Edu-Ball: Gridiron in the Classroom—participants on two different teams correctly answer trivia questions to move their football downfield to score touchdowns.
Yote—an African game similar to checkers. The difference is that players place their pieces on the board first, then are allowed to move them in any direction to capture. Capturing is the same as checkers.

Crosstown Games

Crosstown Games offers three different styles of games that should appeal to most. For all three games, rules, cards, and printable boards are available. Games include:

Path of Pharaohs—you play a Pharaoh that is trying to get pyramids built. You battle other players when they try to build a pyramid on the same location as you. The first Pharaoh to build a pyramid wins.
Galaxy Grid—a space event called the Galaxy Grid occurs. Now, travelers vie for the space via space tanks. You plot a course through the grid and then plot your shot. Between the Movement, Repair, or Shot rounds, you must try to be the last space tank standing in order to claim the Galaxy Grid.
Lockhaven—Famine has ravaged the land and four families have survived. They instruct their eldest son to loot and pillage the other families of their fortunes and possessions in order to become the ruling supreme family while protecting their own. The first person to amass all the fortunes wins.

Hotspots

Hotspots is a simple wargame, like Axis and Allies with a number of intricacies to make the game have long replay value. The rounds contain a different system than most role-playing games that rely heavy on calculations to see who was the victor for a specific round. You choose a home map, your own force colors, and a mission. Then you purchase units for deployment. Missions can vary from destroy all opposing units to taking about a certain portion of the map.

Print and Play List

At Board Game Geek you can find a short list of free printable board games. Most of the games require some kind of deck of cards to cut, but you can paste the cards and the boards onto a piece of cardboard for more sturdiness. Some people even use cereal box cardboard to adhere the printouts to.

Some of the games listed:

1000 Blank White Cards—players are able to make cards during the game. Those cards are mixed in with the regular cards. Players receive points based on which cards they play and which cards they receive.
Canvas Eagles—WWII dogfighting with small miniatures. You can build your own planes if you want, but you can just used pieces.
Peep War—This game uses the Peep marshmallow candy. Peep War is like Risk in a way because you have to try to control as many octagon squares as you can.

Pick and Choose

Hopefully you find some of the above games worth the time printing and making. There are some good ones out there and even though you might have to wade through the muck, you will find that addicting gem.

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