Tom and Joe's Definitive 33 Tabletop Game Categories.

(as heard on The Dice Tower, episode 25)

	Category	Example Games
#1	Abstract Strategy (Abstract War)	Chess, Gipf, Checkers, Daimyo, Wallenstein, Stratego
#2	Area Control	El Grande, Alexander the Great, Wongar
#3	Auction	Boomtown, Modern Art, Aladdin's Dragons
#4	Bluffing	Liar's Dice, Poker, You're Bluffing
#5	Collectible Card Games / Expandable Card Games (CCG, TCG, ECG)	Overpower, Magic the Gathering, Blue Moon, Netrunner
#6	Civilization or Empire Building	7 Ages, Mare Nostrum, Twilight Imperium 3, History of the World
#7	Cooperative	Arkham Horror, Vanished Planet, Shadows over Camelot
#8	Deduction	Clue, Mystery of the Abbey, Zendo, Mastermind
#9	Dexterity	Jenga, Topple, Carabande
#10	Exploration	Lost Valley, Goldland, Eureka, Entdecker
#11	Financial	Acquire, Union Pacific, Big Deal
#12	Heavy Euro Strategy	Puerto Rico, Goa, Java
#13	Kids	Candyland, Gulo Gulo, Right Turn Left Turn
#14	Memory	Monkey Memory, Mamma Mia, Delta IV
#15	Miniatures	Warhammer 40K, Warzone
#16	Negotiation / Trading	Chinatown, Pit, Settlers of Catan, Basari
#17	Party / Trivia	Apples to Apples, Trivial Pursuit, Time's Up, Pictionary
#18	Political	Kremlin, Road to the White House, Diplomacy
#19	"Push Your Luck"	Lost Cities, Can't Stop, Yahtzee
#20	Puzzle	Turbo Taxi, Fresh Fish, Ricochet Robot
#21	Race	Catagena, Formula De, Ave Caesar, Circus Maximus
#22	Real Time	Brawl, Halli Galli, Affenraffen
#23	Roll-and-Move	Life, Monopoly, Pay Day, You Must be Bonkers!
#24	RPG Board Games	Doom, Return of the Heroes, Duel of Ages
#25	Rummy / Set Collecting	Wyatt Earp, Ticket to Ride, Time Pirates
#26	Sports	Pizza Box Football, Stratamatic Baseball
#27	"Take That"	Family Business, Guillotine, Bang!
#28	Train	Age of Steam, 18xx, Voldampf
#29	Trick Taking	David and Goliath, Spades, Hearts, Atlantic Storm
#30	Wargames - Operational (Light, medium, or heavy)	Sword of Rome, Bitter Woods
#31	Wargames - Tactical (Light, medium, or heavy)	ASL, Memoir ' 44
#32	Wargames - World Scale (Light, medium, or heavy)	Axis and Allies, Europe Engulfed
#33	Word	Scrabble, BuyWord, Word Jam

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