"Board" not "Bored"
A traditional board game about solving a murder
Clue
A game played with a single player and a standard deck of playing cards.
Solitaire
a 2017 free‑to‑play game by Epic Games with over 350–400 million registered players, known for its Battle Royale mode, building mechanics, and massive cultural impact.
Fortnite
This franchise, spanning across trading card games, video games, cell phone augmented reality and Anime, gets its name from the phrase “Pocket Monsters”
Pokémon
The first installment in a YA dystopian series in which kids fight to the death on live television.
The Hunger Games
This game is based off a traditional crossword competition
Scrabble
“Playing your cards close to the vest” is a phrase that originated from this card game.
Poker
A series of fantasy puzzle games taking place in the kingdom of Hyrule
Legend of Zelda
This fantasy TTRPG, first created in 1974, remains the world’s most popular, with a profound cultural impact, inspiring video games, films, podcasts, animation and more.
Dungeons and Dragons
A Korean Netflix Show Where contestants compete for riches in a series of children’s games made deadly
Squid Games
This board game is thought to be among the eight oldest board games in the world, and the #1 most popular
Chess
A game in which you try to get rid of all your cards by matching colors or numbers.
Uno
The current most popular MOBA (Multiplayer online battle arena) in eSports.
League of Legends
William Afton is the main antagonist of this franchise, which began as a horror game, and has expanded into film, books, and graphic novels.
Five Nights at Freddy’s
This fantasy television series, based off the “Song of Ice and Fire” books by George R.R. Martin, has spanned spin off series including House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
Game of Thrones
“Chutes and Ladders” was an Americanization of this classic board game played worldwide, with roots going back to India in 1275 CE.
Snakes and Ladders
“Blue Eyes White Dragon” is a famous card from this game/franchise.
Yu-Gi-Oh
Before becoming the main character of his own series of games, Mario made his debut in which other Nintendo game franchise?
Donkey Kong
This game series brings together two other famous franchises: Disney and Final Fantasy.
Kingdom Hearts
In this novel, a six-year-old is taken from his family to an orbital academy where gifted children hone their skills in zero-gravity war games to prepare them against a looming alien threat.
Ender's Game
The most expensive property in the game Monopoly
Boardwalk
The five basic types of land cards in Magic: The Gathering.
(in any order) Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, Forest
The first video game played in space.
Tetris
This British tabletop miniature wargame, created by Games Workshop in 1987, is set in a dystopian far‑future galaxy dominated by constant war and features factions like the Imperium of Man, Chaos, Orks, Eldar, and more.
Warhammer 40k
In this novel by Ellen Raskin, eccentric millionaire Samuel Westing challenges a group of seeming unrelated strangers to solve his murder and inherit his fortune.
The Westing Game