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boardgamey

boardgamey adjective: of, related to, or characteristic of a board game.

Adjective

boardgamey (comparative more boardgamey, superlative most boardgamey)

  1. Of, related to, or characteristic of a board game.
    • That's why, despite many cries to get rid of hexes, to do things with wargames on the computer that couldn't be done with board games, I've usually found the more "boardgamey" computer games to be the most enjoyable.1999 January 24, Julian TA, “Re: Why play boardgames when you've got these?”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical (Usenet)
    • Part of the boardgamey feel of old D&D might have been because it was intended to^([sic]) complete newbies, […]2000 June 30, Peter Knutsen, “Re: Terminology: D&D vs. AD&D”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet)

Forms of boardgamey

comparativemore boardgamey
superlativemost boardgamey

Origin of boardgamey

From board game + -y.

Questions about boardgamey

What does boardgamey mean?
Boardgamey means of, related to, or characteristic of a board game.
What part of speech is boardgamey?
Boardgamey is an adjective.

Words near boardgamey in the dictionary

  1. boardfuls
  2. boardgame
  3. boardgamer
  4. boardgamers
  5. boardgames
  6. boardgamey
  7. boardie
  8. boardier
  9. boardies
  10. boardiest
  11. boardin'

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