table-games

Cards and backgammon

Table-games are games played on a flat surface, typically a table—card games, board games, dice games, and the like.

In casinos, table games distinguish traditional dealer-run games like blackjack, poker, roulette, and craps from slot machines: She prefers table games to the slots.

casino

craps

Casino dice wagering

chips · dealer · pit boss · green felt · dice · wheel · house edge · wager · stake · croupier

card

poker

Hearth implement for coals

hearts · spades · canasta · pinochle · cribbage · euchre · baccarat · whist · solitaire · gin rummy

board

chess

Strategic board game

Scrabble · Catan · mancala · Go · Parcheesi · Trivial Pursuit · carrom · xiangqi · shogi · Ludo

billiards

pool

Collective fund or basin

nine-ball · carom · break · felt · cushion · rack · chalk · masse · bank shot · English

ping-pong

paddle

Flat-bladed water tool

  • rallyGathering for a cause
  • spinRapid rotation around axis
  • topspinForward ball rotation

backhand · forehand · serve · net · smash · chop · block · loop · rubber · blade

Opposites
casino game format

table-gamesslot machines

Coin-operated gambling devices

slots · video poker · one-armed bandits · pokies · fruit machines

game setting/surface

table-gamessports

Competitive physical activities

outdoor games · lawn games · athletic games · playground games · video games

Family

table, tables, tabled, tabling, tabular, tabulate, tabulation, game, games

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G