Board games

Board games are tabletop games that typically use pieces that are moved or placed on a pre-marked playing surface, or board. They often include elements of table, card, and role-playing elements. They are junk items in Fallout 76 and can be scrapped for components.
Furthermore, Fallout: The Board Game, a Fallout-themed board game from Fantasy Flight Games, was released in 2017. Also Fallout Shelter: The Board Game, biased on Fallout Shelter was released in 2020.
==Background==
The history of board games goes back to ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, and remained popular throughout human history. They were and still are a common way to pass time with friends both pre and post nuclear apocalypse.
==Variants==
===AUTOPSY===
Published by Don't Be Bored Games Company this game's focus was to figure out what the alien is made of faster than the other players. It contains graphic content and is only suitable for ages ten and above.
===BLAST RADIUS===
Published by Don't Be Bored Games Company this game's objective is to be the first player to make it to a safe distance from a nuclear explosion. The game board is divided into twelve sections with the middle holding a nuclear mushroom cloud spinner. Spinning it will make the arrow point to one of the sections, each having three layers with a circle containing a certain outcome or action to be taken by the player character. It is intended for ages 5 to 29, a text blurb describes the game as "an exciting new board game that brings friends, family, and nuclear explosions together. The first player to make it to a safe distance will survive. The rest will perish. Do you have what it takes?" "Use quick reaction and skill to get to a safe distance."
===Chess===
===Checkers===
===CATCH THE COMMIE===
Published by Don't Be Bored Games Company this family-friendly game requires players to first cooperate to build a trap then compete against each other to catch to see who can catch the most communists. "The Red Menace is real!" "Build a crazy contraption piece-by-piece as you race around the track."Fallout 76 Rad Poker and Catch the Commie box instructions
===The Legendary Run===
Published by Don't Be Bored Games Company this game was a part of The Adventures of Captain Cosmos multimedia franchise. The goal of the game is to race across the galaxy against the evil Dr. Zorbo. The player must complete challenges quickly to move forward in order to reach the end before Dr. Zorbo. A fuel gauge next to the board's instructions shows how long Dr. Zorbo must wait until he can move again.
===RadPoker===
Published by Don't Be Bored Games Company this game's objective is to have players bluff and cheat their way to winning. The goal is to collect eight cards of the same mutant. It is intended for ages 7 to 99.Fallout 76 Rad Poker box age image "Nobody is safe! Bluff and cheat! Make your friends loose by collecting eight cards of the same mutant!" "Best bluffing game of the year!"Fallout 76 Rad Poker and Catch the Commie box instructions
===Unstoppables ShiNdig!===
Published by Don't Be Bored Games Company this family-friendly game allowed for up to five players to become their favorite superhero from the The Unstoppables! comic franchise. Gameplay involves spinning and finding out whether your true enemy waits behind the mystery door.
==Real games==
===Fallout: The Board Game===
Published by Fantasy Flight Games this Fallout-themed board game is tile-biased. In it, one to four players can either compete or work together. They can choose whether to play as a human, ghoul or super mutant and choose between four locations; the Capital Wasteland, the Pitt, the Commonwealth or Far Harbor. While exploring different location tiles, the players can gain equipment cards or special influence cards to advance their character. Each player also has a special character board, where they track equipment, hit points and radiation damage.
===Fallout Shelter: The Board Game===
Published by Fantasy Flight Games this Fallout-themed board game is based on the free-to-play mobile game Fallout Shelter. It was written by Andrew Fischer and released in July 2020.
==References==
Category:Fallout setting
Category:Media