| Alquerque | The ancient ancestor of Draughts. Spanish mispronunciation of the Arabic 'Quirkat'. |
| American Four-ball Billiards | An old US derivative of Billiards, the mother of many of the modern US Pool games |
| Ashtapada | Ancient Indian race game. It's board of 64 squares was used for Shaturanga, the first known game of the Chess family |
| Aunt Sally | A pub game in which players throw batons at a wooden skittle known as a doll |
| Awari | Another name for Wari, a game of the Mancala family played widely across East Africa and the Caribbean |
| Ayo | Nigerian game of the Mancala family |
| Baccarat | Popular, high-class, high-stakes Casino card game. |
| Backgammon | Evolved from Ancient Egyptian Senet. |
| Badminton | An modern competitive version of Battledore and Shuttlecock |
| Badok | Alternative spelling of Pa-tok or Paduk, the Korean name for Go |
| Bagatelle | Pub game of the Billiards family that spawned the smaller children's Bagatelle that in turn evolved into Pinball and Pachinko |
| Bao | East African game of the Mancala family |
| Balkline | A game of the Carom Billiards family |
| Bar Billiards | A pub game of the Billiards family imported from Belgium |
| Baseball | Inferior version of Rounders. |
| Bat and Trap | A bat and ball pub game from Kent. A relative of Cricket. |
| Battledore and Shuttlecock | A game in which a shuttlecock is hit backwards and forwards between to players with bats |
| Billiards | A game in which two white and a red ball are knocked around a table and into corner pockets using cues. |
| Bowls | A game in which heavy balls are rolled on a lawn at a smaller ball |
| Bunnock | A version of Kubb from Russia |
| Burmese Chess | Another name for Sittuyin, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Canoga | Reportedly, another name for the pub dice game, Shut the Box |
| Cards | As in Playing Cards. |
| Carom Billiards | A generic term for games of the Billiards family played on tables without pockets. |
| Carrom | An Asian table game where the object is to knock disks into corner holes by flicking a striker disk. |
| Carums | An alternative spelling of Carrom, an Asian table game |
| Chausar | Pachisi played with long dice |
| Checkers | American name for Draughts |
| Chess | International Chess, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Chinese Chess | Another name for Xiang Qi, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Cholo | Another name for Soro, a game of the Mancala family. |
| Circular Chess | An early variant of the Chess family |
| Continental Draughts | The internationally recognised version of Draughts. Played on a 10 x 10 board. Also called Polish Draughts. |
| Continuous Pool | A direct descendant of Fifteen-ball pool of the US Pool family |
| The Courier Game | An early Chess variant played on an extended 12 x 8 chequered board |
| Court Tennis | American name for Tennis also known as Real Tennis or Royal Tennis |
| Cows and Leopards | A Sri Lankan game of the Tafl family |
| Crib | A shortened term for the pub card game Cribbage |
| Cribbage | A pub card game in which the score is kept using a Cribbage board |
| Cricket | A game of the bat and ball family originally associated with the English pub but now and international sport. |
| Crokinole | A game of the Squails family played on an octahedral table from British Columbia |
| Crooky | Irish ancestor of Croquet |
| Croquet | A game in which coloured balls are knocked through hoops on a lawn using mallets |
| Crown Green Bowls | A version of Bowls played on a square lawn which is slightly higher in the middle than at the edges |
| Curling | A winter version of Bowls played on ice |
| Dames | A later name for Fierges which is just Alquerque played on a Chess board |
| Dart and Target | A precursor to the pub game of Darts |
| Darts | A pub game in which small pointed projectiles are thrown at a round board on the wall |
| Deck Quoits | A form of Quoits played on the deck of a passenger ship |
| Devil amongst the Tailors | Another name for Table à Toupie. Also a term that has been incorrectly used for Bar Skittles in the past. |
| Dominoes | Generic term for games played with tiles |
| Draughts | English modern variant of Alquerque played on a Chess board. |
| Edris A Jin | An elaborate game from Syria of the same 'cross and circle race game' family as Pachisi |
| Eight-ball Pool | The version of Pool most popular in English pubs. One of the US Pool family |
| Fanorona | Modern Madagascan form of Alquerque |
| Ferses | Another name for Fierges which is just Alquerque played on a Chess board. Early version of Draughts |
| Fierges | Alquerque played on a Chess board. Early version of Draughts |
| Fifteen-ball Pool | A derivative of American Four-ball Billiards and the ancestor of all US Pool games |
| Fox and Geese | A game of the Tafl family |
| Freystafl | A game of the Tafl family which some suggest is Fox and Geese |
| Gabata | A game of the Mancala family |
| Gorodki | A Russian game of the Kubb family. |
| The Game of Thirty Squares | Another name for Senet, possibly the oldest ancestor of Backgammon |
| The Game of Twenty Squares | An ancient Egyptian game which appears to be a descended from an ancient Sumerian game. |
| The Generals Game | Another name for Shogi, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Go | Japanese name for Wei Qi, an abstract aesthetic oriental game in which the aim is to surround territory. |
| Hit and Scream | Another name for Badminton, a modern competitive version of Battledore and Shuttlecock |
| Hnefatafl | An ancient Icelandic game of the Tafl family. |
| Horseshoe pitching | A game thought to be the precursor to Quoits in which horseshoes are thrown at a stake in the ground |
| Igo | Another name for Go, the Japanese name for Wei Qi |
| Indoor Quoits | A form of Quoits in which smaller rings are thrown at hooks on a wall |
| International Chess | A modern form of Shatranj |
| Japanese Chess | Another name for Shogi, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Jeu De Paume | Frence name for Tennis also known as Real Tennis or Royal Tennis |
| Jeu Force | The original French name for English Draughts. |
| Karom | An alternative spelling of Carrom, an Asian table game |
| Karum | An alternative spelling of Carrom, an Asian table game |
| Kings Table | Another name for Hnefatafl, an ancient Icelandic game of the Tafl family |
| Knur and Spell | A bat and ball game commonly associated with inns and taverns |
| Korean Chess | A modern form of Shatranj |
| Kubb | A Scandinavian game that is a bit like a cross between skittles and tennis. |
| Kyykkä | A Scandinavian game similar to Kubb |
| Lawn Bowls | A game in which heavy balls are rolled on a lawn at a smaller ball |
| Lawn Tennis | A version of Tennis played on a Lawn |
| Le Jeu Plaisant De Dames | A more modern name for Fierges of the Alquerque family. English Draughts without the huffing rule. |
| Ludo | A modern version of Pachisi, the national game of India - an ancient race game. |
| Mah Jong | Chinese Tile game now played around the world. Alternative spelling Mah Jongg. |
| Mak-ruk | Siamese Chess, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Mancala | Generic term for African games played with stones or seeds on a board consisting of rows of hollows. |
| Mangola | A game of the Mancala family |
| Merels | Another name for Nine Mens Morris |
| Mill | Another name for Nine Mens Morris |
| Moksha-Patamu | Ancient Indian race game which the Victorians copied to create Snakes and Ladders |
| Morris | Another name for Nine Mens Morris |
| Mulabalaba | A game of the Mancala family |
| Nine Ball | A game of the US Pool family |
| Nine Mens Morris | Ancient game where the objective is simply to get three pegs or stones in a row |
| Nine Pins | An alternative name for the pub game Skittles |
| Nyout | A game from Korea of the same 'cross and circle race game' family as Pachisi |
| One Pocket | A old game of the US Pool family |
| Oware | Ghanan game of the Mancala family |
| Pachisi | The national game of India - an ancient race game. |
| Paduk | Korean name for Go. Also Pa-dok or Baduk. |
| Parchisi | Alternative spelling of Pachisi, the national game of India - an ancient race game. |
| Pancha Keliyaand | A game from Ceylon of the same 'cross and circle race game' family as Pachisi |
| Paille Maille | The original name of Pall Mall, a game of the Croquet family |
| Pall Mall | A game of the Croquet family which gave it's name to the famous London Street |
| Parcheesi | Modern American version of Pachisi, the national game of India - an ancient race game. |
| Pa-tok | Korean name for Go. Also Paduk or Baduk. |
| Pichnotte | The French Canadian name for Crokinole, a Canadian Table game |
| Plaisant | An alternative shortened name for Le Jeu Plaisant De Dames, a precursor to Draughts of the Alquerque family |
| Playing Cards | The equipment used for thousands of similar games played worldwide. |
| Poker | A very fashionable American gambling Card game of bluff. |
| Polish Draughts | The internationally recognised version of Draughts. Played on a 10 x 10 board. Also called Continental Draughts. |
| Pokies | A gambling machine found in pubs and casinos. Also known as slot machine, fruit machine, poker machine or one-armed bandit. |
| Pool | 1. An English game for multiple players played on a Billiards table. 2. A generic term for the modern US Pool family |
| Puff and Dart | A precursor to Darts in which darts were blown through a tube at a board on the wall |
| Push Penny | An earlier version of Shove Ha'penny |
| Pyramid | A game played on a Billiards table in which the objective is to pot 15 red balls using the white ball. |
| Quirkat | The Arabic name for Alquerque |
| Quoits | A pub game in which metal rings are thrown at a pole sticking up out of a bed of clay |
| Real Tennis | Modern name for Tennis |
| Ringing the Bull | A pub game a metal ring dangling from the ceiling on a rope is swung onto a metal hook on the wall. |
| Roulette | Extremely popular gambling game wherein a ball is rolled around a dish and bets are made on which number division it will come to rest in. |
| Rounders | A bat and ball field game played by two teams. The batting team have to hit the ball and run around 4 bases to score a point. |
| Royal Game of Ur | The name often used to denote a game played in ancient Sumeria and more recently in ancient Egypt. |
| Royal Tennis | Modern name for Tennis |
| Sadeqa | A game of the Mancala family |
| Shatranj | The mother of all the modern variants of the Chess family |
| Shaturanga | The earliest known ancestor of the Chess family |
| Siamese Chess | Mak-ruk, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Shiang Chi | Alternative spelling of Xiang Qi, Chinese Chess, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Siang K'i | Alternative spelling of Xiang Qi, Chinese Chess, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Sittuyin | Burmese Chess, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Sixty-one Pool | Another name for Fifteen-ball Pool, the ancestor of the US Pool family |
| Shogi | Japanese Chess, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Shoffe-grote | An earlier version of Shove Ha'penny |
| Shove Ha'penny | A pub game of the Shovelboard Family |
| Shovel Board | The ancestor of games involving the pushing of discs down tables. |
| Shuffleboard | An American game of the Shovelboard Family |
| Shut the Box | A pub dice game probably from Northern France or the Channel Islands. |
| Sjoelbak | A Dutch game of the Shovelboard Family |
| Skittles | A pub game in which wooden balls are rolled down a lane at nine pins (skittles) |
| Slide Thrift | An earlier version of Shove Ha'penny |
| Snakes and Ladders | Victorian game based on the ancient Indian game of Moksha-Patamu |
| Snooker | A game of the Billiards family derived by merging the games of Pool (the English version) and Pyramid |
| Solitaire | A game for one played on a Fox and Geese board |
| Soro | A game of the Mancala family |
| Squails | A game of the in which disks are shoved towards the centre of a round table |
| Stoolball | An early bat and ball game still played in Sussex. A pub game that is the ancestor of Cricket. |
| Stowball | An early bat and ball game now extinct. |
| Straight Rail | A derivative of American Four-ball billiards and the ancestor of Carom Billiards games |
| Straight Pool | A game of US Pool family |
| Table Skittles | An indoor version of Skittles in which a ball suspended from a pole is swung at nine pins |
| Table Tennis | Miniaturised form of Lawn Tennis, now an Olympic Sport. |
| Tablut | An old Norse game of the Tafl family |
| Tafl | The earliest of a family of games in which the side with weaker pieces heavily outnumbers the other side |
| Tennis | A game in which a ball is hit backwards and forwards over a net using bats. Now called "Royal" or "Real" Tennis in England |
| Ten pin bowling | An American development of the pub game Skittles |
| Three Cushion Billiards | A game of the Carom Billiards family |
| Three Mens Morris | A simpler form of Nine Mens Morris played on a three by three board |
| Tic Tac Toe | Modern name for Three Mens Morris, the smaller relation of Nine Mens Morris |
| Tigers and Goats | The national game of Nepal. A member of the Tafl family. |
| Twenty Five | An alternative name for Pachisi, the national game of India - an ancient race game. |
| Warcaby | Polish name for Continental or Polish Draughts, the internationally recognised version of Draughts |
| Wari | Game of the Mancala family played widely across the Caribbean and West Africa |
| Wei-Ch'i | Alternative spelling of Wei Qi |
| Wei Qi | An abstract aesthetic oriental game in which the aim is to surround territory. Called 'Go' in Japan |
| Xiang Qi | Chinese Chess |