A board game is a game that involves counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules.Early board games represented a battle between two armies, and most modern board games are still based on defeating opposing players in terms of counters, winning position, or accrual of points.There are many varieties of board games.Board games have been played in most cultures and societies throughout history.Traditional games of this type: Chess, Backgammon, Go, Shogi - use wooden board, or the board, where is their generalized English name board game.Настольные игры с использованием досок известны с глубокой древности. Одной из первых подобных игр был сенет, известный в Древнем Египте с 3500 года до н. э. Возраст китайской игры го оценивают в 2500 лет. Ацтеки в доколумбовой Америке до начала нашей эры играли в патолли. Наконец, одна из самых известных настольных игр с игровым полем - шахматы - известна не менее полутора тысяч лет.With the spread of mass culture rapid development of board games. In the XX century appeared their new species, the most famous of which are the "Monopoly" (c. 1930), "Battleship" (1931), "Scrabble" (1938, in the Russian version - "Erudite"), "Risk" (1957 ), Mastermind (1970, in the Russian version - "Bulls and Cows"), numerous German-style games ("colonialists", 1995).One of the popular choices of board games with the playing field became desktop role-playing games.