What is a fun and easy boardgame to play?

Question

I want to base this board game on a book

Answer 1

Mancala is one of the best.  It is easy to learn and to play and is suitable for all ages from about 5 or 6 to adult.  A game can be played in just a few minutes so there is no time to get bored with it.  It is an ancient game, deceptively simple yet amazingly complex.  You can make a game from an empty egg carton and 48 pebbles or dried beans if you don't have a game.  It has been around a very long time.  Mancala is a lot of fun and certainly easy, and has great appeal.

Answer 2

candyland  -  ok you can tell I have kids ! Sorry!

Answer 3

there are a few trouble,battleship,chess,checkers,war

Answer 4

shoots and ladders :P

oooh! and Sorry! (especially the Disney edition :])

Answer 5

Ticket to Ride - You could base it off of a book about travelling across the US by train, you could also use the Eurpoe board to use a book whose story is based there.

Answer 6

Memoir '44 by Days of Wonder.

Answer 7

Cluedo is a good one if you are writing a detective story.  

Home Imrpovement (old, and may be difficult to find now) if you are writing a story about life in the burbs.

Wildlife (may be impossible to find) if you are writing a story about expeditions or animals.

Answer 8

chinise checkers,checkers,chess and so on ...........

Answer 9

Othello is fun and easy.

It is very similar to Reversi.

What does "I want to base this board game on a book" mean?

Othello is the name of a play by Shakespeare..