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1. Board Game: Polarity [Average Rating:6.51 Overall Rank:964]
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This is the only one that came to my mind, although it doesn't sport any fancy artwork.
 
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2. Board Game: Knockabout [Average Rating:6.94 Overall Rank:2742]
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Felt rollup board. Geometric design.
An outstanding 2-player.
 
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This one seems indeed the most interesting from the Pair-of-Dice Games sortiment.
 
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3. Board Game: Warp 6 [Average Rating:6.66 Overall Rank:3048]
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Pair-of-dice games published several games on felt boards, including the above (Knockabout) and this which was in the Games 100 a few years ago.
 
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4. Board Game: Triangle Game [Average Rating:6.33 Unranked]
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Not only a soft board, but the entire game folds up and is stored "inside" the board which can be cinched into a bag.
(Also Pair-of-dice games)
 
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5. Board Game: Pagoda [Average Rating:6.11 Unranked]
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Another Pair-of-dice game, felt board.
 
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6. Board Game: Billabong [Average Rating:6.88 Overall Rank:884]
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A fantastic game and one to play tonight in honour of England being 2-1 up against Australia in the Ashes (cricket for those who don't know).
 
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The version I have has a fantastic leather roll-up board.
 
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The soft board has the cool kangaroos. I wish I had that version, but I'm fine with my Amigo copy.
 
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7. Board Game: Pente [Average Rating:6.63 Overall Rank:800]
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This one has a rollup "soft" board
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8. Board Game: Sahara [Average Rating:5.69 Overall Rank:5622]
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Sahara has a leather board.
 
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Michael Waiblinger
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This one is a real beauty.
I always have to play around with it when I see it in my local store.
 
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9. Board Game: Subbuteo [Average Rating:7.02 Overall Rank:594]
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Cloth field.
 
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10. Board Game: Ubi [Average Rating:5.31 Overall Rank:7096]
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Not quite plastic... but stronger than paper. I'm not sure what this mapboard is made from... but it does clean up real easy.
 
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11. Board Game: History of the World [Average Rating:7.17 Overall Rank:254]
MOst of the Ragnar Bros. games, most famously History of the World, feature a tea-cloth 'board'.
 
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Also available in cardboard board form, in the later editions.
 
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Michael Waiblinger
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Very interesting, I think I'll have a closer look at "Viking Fury" from Ragnar Brothers, I very much like the theme and it fits the simplistic design. Nice one.
 
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12. Board Game: Mare Mediterraneum [Average Rating:6.61 Overall Rank:3711]
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This one belongs here too, I think.
 
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13. Board Game: Hnefatafl [Average Rating:6.54 Overall Rank:1411]
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This one also looks great, must keep in mind in case i visit pisa one day.
Also features the "carry the game in the board" aspect.
 
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I was about to add this one - even went to check it's number. Then, luckily, I dsaw that it was already added.

It's a nice game. Unequal sides with some good strategy. Quite a heavyish brain-burner.
 
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Just to warn you, there is a version of this with a cardboard board in a smallbox which is actually half the size of the real game, but sold as if identical. 6-by-6 board instead of 10-by-10 and half the number of pieces (except the king).
 
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This has also been remade with an Australian Bushranger theme - Ned Kelly, the game. We also sell a stunning pewter edition of this game in my store. 185$AUD is kind of dear though...
 
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Michael Waiblinger
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It'd better be really stunning. I mean 185 of whatever kind of $ ... surprise
 
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14. Board Game: Battle Masters [Average Rating:6.04 Overall Rank:2144]
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A bit of nostalgia here. It has a colorful plastic board.
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15. Board Game: Chess [Average Rating:7.09 Overall Rank:245]
Sonja Elen Kisa
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First things I thought of were Polarity and chess.
 
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And checkers -- I've seen "boards" made of rugs and pillows, as well as just a cloth to roll up.

I believe backgammon also has been produced with a cloth playing area.
 
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16. Board Game: Octi [Average Rating:6.84 Overall Rank:1615]
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The original edition (Tinker Toy pieces) came with a cloth board (as shown in the photo).
 
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IMHO, the original soft board and tinkertoy(R)-style pieces were much more appealing than the later, hard board and "futuristic" EXTREME-edition pieces.
 
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Michael Waiblinger
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Not that I know any of the versions, I also like the earlier edition more from the look of it. Although I suspect tinkering around with the tiny sticks became easier with the upright plastic pieces.
 
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17. Board Game: Go [Average Rating:7.77 Overall Rank:41]
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Go on a beach towel.
 
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Playing Go on the beach is like... discussing philosophy at a discotheque... or something. How could you play on that thing? But a more sedate vinyl rollup board is available:

 
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18. Board Game: Great Walls [Average Rating:5.41 Unranked]
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Vinyl roll-up board, wooden card trays, lots of rocks.
 
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19. Board Game: Fire and Axe: A Viking Saga [Average Rating:7.06 Overall Rank:343]
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I read somewhere that many of the Ragnar Brothers games have a cloth as board. For Viking Fury it is definitely true and it is a pretty good game as well!!!
 
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As mentioned above (#11), this one will probably enter my whishlist, ... well now, it is.
 
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These are generally referred to as the "Tea Towel" games.

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20. Board Game: Image [Average Rating:4.70 Overall Rank:7543]
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Plastic, fold-up board (never really liked this game).
 
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21. Board Game: Hex [Average Rating:6.78 Overall Rank:1427]
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This one in the image is soft . I've seen some made of linoleum, with is soft and flexible.
 
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Ahh, finaly a beautiful minded game.
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That board doesn't look very well-behaved. That's what happens when you roll them up back side out. The ends want to fly up. Also this is a paper board. Cloth-backed vinyl is much nicer, especially if you keep it stored rolled board side out:



Just roll it the other way for a couple minutes before you play, and it flattens out well. Always store vinyl rolled up board side out- I have heard that this helps preserve the board.
 
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22. Board Game: Pirateer [Average Rating:5.41 Overall Rank:7222]
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Here's another
 
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23. Board Game: Mentalis [Average Rating:7.43 Unranked]
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I made a Mentalis set with a board dyed onto a piece of white denim (5 feet by 3 feet)
 
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24. Board Game: Twister [Average Rating:4.62 Overall Rank:7711]
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Can't believe this was left off the list!
 
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This one is a bed spread:

 
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yuk Couldn't they have aimed the camera at a nicer looking rear?
 
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"My eyes! The goggles ... THEY DO NOTHING!"
 
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Game night at Abu Ghraib?
 
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25. Board Game: Formel Fun [Average Rating:6.40 Overall Rank:2221]
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Originally a bicycle racing game, 'Devil take the hindmost'. Rethemed as a car racing game.

Players use cards to move cars around the track. The twist is that the last car is always eliminated each round.
 
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Michael Waiblinger
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Wow, thanks for so many games, they look really awsome.
 
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Michael Waiblinger
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ohh, well, forget about my P.S. the links seem to work.
 
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There's also a boatload of such games on the "Totally Tubular" list (for games that came in tubes):

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist.php3?action=view&listi...
 
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I can just hear the comments on some of these: "sorry, gang, we can't play it today. Mom just threw the board into the wash."

"Hey, this board smells April fresh!"

"GAME BOARD ALL STAINED WITH CHEETOHS DUST? TRY OXYCLEAN!"

Why does that guy Jan shout in every ad he does?
 
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My copy of Triplanetary rolls up
 
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