Editing Tabletop game (section)

==Classification according to equipment used==
Tabletop games can be classified according to the general form, or equipment utilized:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ameliacon.com/special-events/tabletop-gaming/what-is-tabletop/|title=What is Tabletop?|work=Amelia Con|access-date=23 July 2015|archive-date=27 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627195013/http://www.ameliacon.com/special-events/tabletop-gaming/what-is-tabletop/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

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!Game category||Game examples
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| [[Board game]]s || [[Adventure board game]]s, [[Gamebook|adventure gamebooks]], [[backgammon]], [[chess]], [[German-style board game]]s, [[Go (board game)|go]], [[reversi]], [[Mancala]], [[Shogi]], [[Gomoku]], [[Four-in-a-row]] (or Yonmoku), [[Tic-tac-toe]] (or Sanmoku, Three-in-a-row)
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| [[Card game]]s || [[Patience (game)|solitaire]], [[collectible card game]]s, [[hanafuda]], [[tarot card games]], [[poker]]
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| [[Dexterity game]]s || [[Jenga]], [[Crokinole]], [[Klask]], [[Hungry Hungry Hippos]], [[Loopin' Louie]], [[Terror in Meeple City]], [[Don't Break the Ice]], [[Crossbows and Catapults]], [[Knucklebones]], [[Twister (game)|Twister]], PitchCar
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| [[Dice game]]s || [[bunco]], [[craps]], [[poker dice]], [[sic bo]], [[yahtzee]]
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| [[Paper and pencil game]]s || [[Battleship (game)|Battleship]], [[Connect 5]], [[dots and boxes]], [[Hangman (game)|hangman]], [[Sprouts (game)|sprouts]], [[sudoku]]
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| [[Tabletop role-playing game]]s || [[Dungeons & Dragons]], [[Pathfinder Roleplaying Game]]
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| [[Strategy game]]s || [[wargame]]s, [[government simulation game]]s, [[miniatures games]]
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| [[Tile-based game]]s || [[15 puzzle]], [[Anagrams (game)|anagrams]], [[dominoes]], [[mahjong]], [[mahjong solitaire]]
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| [[Tabletop sports]] || See article.
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Games like chess and [[draughts]] are examples of games belonging to the board game category. Other games, however, use various attributes and cannot be classified unambiguously (e.g. ''[[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]]'' and many modern [[Eurogame|eurogames]] utilize a board as well as dice and cards).

For several of these categories there are sub-categories and even sub-sub-categories or genres. For instance, [[German-style board games]], [[board wargame]]s, and [[:Category:Roll-and-move board games|roll-and-move games]] are all types of board games that differ markedly in style and general interest.

===Tabletop game components===
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The various specialized parts, pieces, and tools used for playing tabletop games may include:

* [[Stopwatch]], [[clock]], [[hourglass]] or [[egg timer]]
* {{boardgloss|Meeples}}, [[Miniature figure (gaming)|Miniature figure]]s, [[game piece (board game)|pawn, or playing piece]]
* Gambling [[Casino token|chips]] or [[play money|''play'' money]]
* [[Game board]]
* Game box or container
* [[Scoreboard]] or [[paper]] pad
* [[Boardgame counter|Cardboard Counter]], [[Tally counter|Dial Counter]], Marker or [[wikt:peg|peg]] for keeping score/tally
* [[Pencil]]
* [[wiktionary:rule|Rule]] [[user guide|manual]]s
* [[Ruler]] or measuring device
* [[Modelling clay]]
* [[Gamemaster's screen]]
* Bowls, trays, or component organizers
* [[Sticker]]s often used in [[Legacy game]]s
* [[Card sleeve]]s used in games that have a "Card Crafting System"<ref>{{cite web |title=Card Crafting System |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamefamily/43094/series-card-crafting-system-aeg}}</ref>
* Randomizers such as:
** [[Coin]]s
** [[Dice]], which can include [[polyhedral dice]]
** [[Dice tower]] or Dice [[cup]]
** [[Playing card]]s, which can be [[collectible card]]s
** [[Shuffling machine]]
** [[Tile]]s
** [[Spinning top|Top]]s, such as [[Teetotum]]s or [[Dreidel]]s
** [[Drawstring]] bag
** Spinners
** Bones, [[Cowrie]] Shells, or [[Stick dice]], used in ancient games

A [[referee]]d game could also include various aids to play, including [[scenario]] packs and computer game aids. [[Role-playing game]]s can include [[campaign setting]]s and various supplementary manuals and notes.