Best Strategy Games
Some people enjoy party games like Cranium or Guesstures, where they can blurt out answers to questions, act out charades, perform, answer trivia and create drawings. Others may like word games like the Scrabble board game or Boggle, which allows them to flex their knowledge. Some people like games of chance like Yahtzee dice games or Candyland, where their fate depends largely upon “the roll of the dice.” Yet one of the most popular categories is strategy games like chess or checkers, which focuses on an individual’s decision-making skills and techniques.
When it comes to strategy games, the chess board game is the ultimate! This highly competitive game has been around since the late 15th century and involves a board with 64 squares arranged in an 8 x 8 grid and six independently moving pieces, which are 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 knights, 2 bishops and 8 pawns. The idea of the game is to gain as many opponent pieces as possible and check-mate/capture the king. World championships have been going on since 1886 and a number of computer scientists have worked toward creating programs that can beat human champions. Chess strategies look toward setting up long-term goals by looking ahead. Chess tactics are aimed at immediate maneuvering. Players look at the pawn structure, the key squares on the board, the king’s safety and open pathways. Since there are so many different moves one can make, chess is considered one of the most difficult games to master.
Another one of the great strategy games is Mastermind, a two-player code-breaking game. To play, a code-master will create a four-color code hidden behind a shield and the opponent will place four colors down at his end to try and guess the code. The code-master will then place zero to four black or white pegs into the side bar — the white peg indicating “correct color, wrong position,” the black peg indicating “correct color and position.” The code-master gets a point for every guess that is made correctly and the winner is the player with the most points after a certain number of games. With four pegs and six colors, there are 1,296 different possible combinations. The strategies of this boardgame very much revolve around algorithms used in probability mathematics.
Axis & Allies is one of the most popular strategy games based around war, with over 2 million copies printed. In addition to the original World War II boardgame, there are also spin-offs based on Europe (Western & Eastern fronts) and Pacific (Pacific & Asian fronts). In all games, up to five players vie for control of the Axis nations (Germany or Japan) and the Allied nations (UK, USSR and US). As of 2008, the 50th Anniversary Edition added Italy as the third Axis nation. The primary objective is to capture the most territory, which is done by rolling dice, purchasing tanks, aircraft, ships and infantry, declaring movement actions and rolling dice against opponents to determine who has won the battle. There are numerous strategies that may be employed, when choosing which areas to make a play for and which equipment to buy. The strategies also change by country. For instance, when playing the Anniversary Edition, some say that when playing Russia, players should build up infantry and attack Belarus and West Russia. When playing Germany, it’s best to get heavy bombers and rockets to focus on Egypt, keep control of Belarus and attack Mediterranean battleships. For the UK, build up industry in India and South Africa, attack the Japanese to guard India and attack Japanese subs near Australia. With Japan, players will have more money so they can build up bombers and transports while hitting China and Pearl Harbor. The US players usually try to get heavy bombers and take back Pearl Harbor. Of course, these are just a few suggestions when playing this classic board game. The possibilities are seemingly endless, which is why it’s so easy to play for hours and hours on end.
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