board gamer
Plays strategic games
A board gamer is someone who plays board games as a regular hobby, typically with an emphasis on modern strategy games rather than mass-market classics like Monopoly or Scrabble.
The term implies engagement with the hobby community—collecting games, attending game nights, following new releases: He's a serious board gamer with over two hundred titles in his collection.
Person-shaped game tokens
- diceMarked cubes for chance
- tabletopHorizontal furniture surface
- miniaturesTiny representations of larger things
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
euro · abstract · legacy · cooperative · solo · drafting · asymmetric · thematic
Multi-round competitive event
- rankedAssigned relative position
- opponentOne who contends against
- leaderboardRanked list of competitors
- matchupScheduled competitive pairing
elimination · tiebreaker · meta · optimize · min-max · strategy · AP · cutthroat
Gathering for celebration
- icebreakerTension-easing social activity
- fillerSubstance closing gaps
- gatewayPoint of access
- hostOne receiving guests
teach · rules-lawyer · table-talk · banter · bluffing · negotiation · traitor · alliance
meeples
Person-shaped game tokens
- diceMarked cubes for chance
- tabletopHorizontal furniture surface
- miniaturesTiny representations of larger things
campaign · euro · abstract · legacy · cooperative · solo · drafting · asymmetric · thematic · sandbox
tournament
Multi-round competitive event
- rankedAssigned relative position
- opponentOne who contends against
- leaderboardRanked list of competitors
matchup · elimination · tiebreaker · meta · optimize · min-max · strategy · AP · cutthroat · counter
party
Gathering for celebration
- icebreakerTension-easing social activity
- fillerSubstance closing gaps
- gatewayPoint of access
host · teach · rules-lawyer · table-talk · banter · bluffing · negotiation · traitor · alliance · kingmaker
shelfie
Photo of one's shelves
out-of-print · deluxe · insert · upgraded · all-in · pledge · retail · reprint · shrinkwrapped · collection
- Nerdsnerd, geek, dork, dweeb, brainiac
- playersathlete, player, competitor, participant, team player
- gamerscasual player, casuals, hardcore player, pro players, pros
- strategy enthusiastchess player, tactician, planner, chess master
- Dice Players
- Roleplayerslarper, reenactor, dungeon master, GM, DM