6 Common Board Games Everyone Should Know

Six widely recognized, popular board games across genres:

1. Monopoly: Real-estate trading, bankrupt opponents.
2. Scrabble: Word-building crossword game, score points.
3. Clue (Cluedo): Deduction—solve murder (who, where, weapon).
4. Catan: Resource management, build settlements, trade.
5. Ticket to Ride: Train routes—collect cards, claim railway lines.
6. Carcassonne: Tile-laying—build landscape, claim features for points.

These represent classic family, word, deduction, euro-strategy, route-building, and tile-laying genres—great starting points for any collection.