Strategy Board Games

Test your skills with our strategy board games. Play the classics like Chess and Checkers, or switch it up with a more obscure title like Peg Solitaire.

Checkers

Checkers

Challenge the computer or try online matchmaking!
Play vs. the computer or join a match against another online player!
Chess

Chess

Play Chess against the computer or your friends!
Checkmate! Play the classic game of strategy. You can challenge the computer, a friend, or join a match against another online player.
Reversi

Reversi

Cover the board with your color in this classic game.
Control your moves and cover the board with your color in the classic disc-flipping game.
Backgammon

Backgammon

Get all your pieces off the board.
Race to get all your pieces off the board in this classic game.
Yacht

Yacht

Try to roll five of a kind in this Yahtzee-style game!
It's all in the roll of the dice! In this classic, Yahtzee-style game, choose which dice to roll and which to lock in as you rack up points for the win.
Chinese Checkers

Chinese Checkers

Get your marbles to the other side.
The classic board game. Get your marbles to the other side of the board before your opponent can!
Mancala

Mancala

A classic board game. Can you beat your opponent?
This is a classic board game with lots of strategy and planning involved. Can you beat the computer or your friend?
Strategic Tic-Tac-Toe

Strategic Tic-Tac-Toe

Are you a Tic Tac Toe pro? Try this version!
Think you're a Tic Tac Toe pro? Try this version, which is like a game of Tic Tac Toe inside a game of Tic Tac Toe. Confused? You have to try it!
Peg Solitaire

Peg Solitaire

Make the right jumps to get down to one.
This puzzle game dates back to the 17th century. Can you find the right moves to get down to one?

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About Strategy Board Games

Come check out our collection of strategy board games. This list of classic games will take you back to a simpler time of tabletop nights full of wholesome fun.

What is a strategy board game?

Oftentimes, games can have a lot of different factors at play. Whether they rely on luck, reactions, timing, or skill, there is a lot that goes into them. A lot of the time these things can be out of your control.

However, strategy board games offer a solution. Strategy board games completely rely on the user being able to decide what they want to do. There is very little luck involved, it is all about outsmarting and outlasting your opponent.

For example, in the game Chess, there is practically no luck or gaming skill involved. The only factor that comes into play is figuring out where to move your pieces in order to trick the opponent. It is all up to your strategy and tactics to win. To learn more about Chess strategy, check out our Coolmath Games blog full of tips and tricks for Chess beginners.

What is the easiest strategy board game to learn?

That’s a tough question to answer. While there are some games that have easy game mechanics, they still require a great amount of practice to get truly great. A good example of this is Reversi. The concept is that you pretty much just have to sandwich the enemy pieces between yours, but there is so much more to it than that. To learn more about this, check out our blog all about Reversi tactics.

Probably the easiest strategy board game to learn is Four In A Row. All players must do is connect 4 game pieces together in a line. This can either be done diagonally, vertically, or horizontally. If you are struggling to learn Four In A Row though, don’t worry! We have a whole Coolmath Games blog on how to play Four In A Row.