Games Requiring Boards or Cards: Examples by Category

Board Games

Strategy

• Chess, Checkers, Go, Stratego, Risk, Ticket to Ride, Scythe, Terraforming Mars

Family / Gateway

• Monopoly, Scrabble, Clue, Carcassonne, Catan, Azul, Kingdomino

Party / Social

• Pictionary, Taboo, Cranium, Apples to Apples, Cards Against Humanity, Codenames, Just One

Card Games

Classic / Traditional

• Poker, Bridge, Hearts, Spades, Rummy, Euchre, Cribbage

Family / Light

• Uno, Go Fish, Crazy Eights, War, Old Maid, Exploding Kittens, Sushi Go!

Strategy / TCG / Deckbuilding

• Magic: The Gathering, Hearthstone, Dominion, 7 Wonders, Star Realms, Arkham Horror LCG

Countless others exist for every taste, player count, and complexity level. BoardGameGeek.com is the definitive database.