A game in which some object, such as a spinning top or rolling marble, affects play but is not under the control of the player, so the outcome is pure luck.  See also Skill and Action Game, an action [..]

  The side of a game box; often mistakenly referred to as “flap”.  If aprons are torn or separated at the corners of the box, the game is said to have split aprons; a box with all aprons missing or sp [..]

A game in which some device (a plunger, a short cue stick, or a wood flap) propels a small metal ball or marble up a slightly tilted ramp so that it reaches the top of a vertical rectangular board (of [..]

  (See “Gameboard”).

Any game which is played on a gameboard.

The cardboard section(s) in a game box which forms a support tray or platform for the gameboard and/or the implements; sometimes the end of the build-up folds down, then flat, then up again to provide [..]

Any game which has no gameboard and in which cards are the primary focus of play; (a game with gameboard and cards is a “board game” with cards as implements). Early card games usually came in small b [..]

  A general reference to any cards used in a boardgame which determine a player’s forfeit or gain.  These cards are usually plentiful, and missing some cards will not affect the game’s outcome; often [..]

Type of game which uses a grid-pattern gameboard on which players can move in various directions on any one turn.  Winning may depend on a player’s reaching the other side of the board, or trapping or [..]

  Box paper or cards with a shiny protective finish.  Almost all game boxes and gameboards after 1860 used coated stock and can therefore be cleaned without rubbing off the design or illustration.  De [..]