{"id":573,"date":"2023-01-27T00:53:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T19:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boardplaying.com\/?p=573"},"modified":"2023-03-07T17:41:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T12:11:21","slug":"why-are-board-games-called-board-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boardplaying.com\/why-are-board-games-called-board-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are Board Games Called Board Games? A Mind-boggling Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Why is the earth called the earth and not the sun? Why are trees called trees and not water? Why are you called you and not me? And why are board games called board games and not color games or mad cards or strategy boards?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The answer is simple enough. Board games are made of strong boards that are made of cardboard. They also come with tokens, dice, miniatures, and cards. But I think that because the boards are the self-centered ones that take up all the attention, board games were named after them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n