Game board templates

SlatemoorBlank Board Game

Four printable game boards at 8 × 8 inches, each with a back, and an event deck and an item deck to play on them: a square grid lettered A to H and numbered 1 to 8, a loop track of 36 spaces round the edge with poker-size spaces for a draw pile and a discard pile in the middle, a winding path of 36 numbered stops from START to a star, and a hex map of 96 hexes in three terrains. They are drawn as carved slate and parchment on a dark misty mat. Each board's name and a one-line goal sit on a plaque you can retype, and the Board Type column picks which board and which back a row gets. The cards are poker size with a name and a line of rules on parchment: events are crimson with a star, items moss green with a key, front and back, set by the Card Type column. Comes with four sample boards and 20 sample cards that work on any of the boards.

MossmerePrintable Game Board

Three printable roll-and-move game boards at 8 × 8 inches, drawn as a night forest round a pond, and a deck of poker-size action cards to play them with: a spiral of stepping stones winding in to a lily pond, a trail that switchbacks up the board to a pond in the corner, and a loop round a lake. Some stones carry a heart, a broken heart, a pair of eyes or cracks, and dashed arrows mark shortcuts. When a roll ends on a marked stone the player draws a card: a Lucky card moves them on or gives them a heart, an Oops card sets them back, each in a few words a young player can read. Each board's name and its goal sit on a stone sign you can retype, and every card's name and action are text too. Comes with three sample boards and 20 sample cards.

VeladaDía de los Muertos Game

A whole Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) race game to print and make your own: three roll-and-move game boards at 8 × 8 inches and two decks of poker-size cards in the same folk art. The boards are four roads of coloured tiles that start in the corners and spiral in together to a sugar-skull medallion, one long spiral in four colours, and a loop round an altar of candles and marigolds under papel picado flags. Land on a marigold tile and draw an Ofrenda card, on a skull and draw a Calavera card; each deck has its own back, and the candle and sun tiles are left for your own rules. Every name, goal and card is text you can retype. Comes with three sample boards and 18 sample cards.

HueboroughMake Your Own Board Game

A whole property-trading game to make your own: two game boards at 8 × 8 inches and the cards that go with them at poker size. The Loop board is forty spaces with the colours running round the ring from red to violet: twenty-two streets in eight colour groups with their prices, four stations, two utilities, two taxes, Fortune and Treasury spaces and four corners. The Junction adds a diamond of sixteen spaces through the middle that meets the ring at the stations. The cards are Fortune and Treasury decks, each with its own back, and a title deed for every street whose colour band follows its Group column. Every name, price and rule is text you can retype. Comes with two sample boards and 24 sample cards.

ScrollwickGame of the Goose

Two roll-and-move race boards at 8 × 8 inches, on the goose game's spiral of sixty-three spaces from a Start corner to the goal. The Feed board captions every space with a step in a social media career, from a first post to a book deal, and keeps the goose game's special spaces at their usual numbers under new names: Boosts that send you on and roll again, a Shared link, Double tap and five setbacks on black tiles. The Classic board numbers every plain space, ready for your own, and names only the traditional Stars, Bridge, Dice, Inn, Well, Maze, Prison and Pitfall. Every caption is text you can retype, the middle of each board holds its name, a legend of the special spaces and how to play, the Board Type column picks which board a row gets, and both share one back. Comes with two sample boards, one of each.

SugarhauntPrintable Halloween Game

A whole trick-or-treat card game to print and make your own, in golden harlequin and candy colours: a game board at 8 × 8 inches with a haunted candy street, Doorstep and Porch spaces at true card size and a six-round track to midnight; Treat, Trick and Costume cards at poker size with a back for the deck and a back for the hands; a one-inch Candy and Fright token; a score sheet for five players; and a poker tuck box laid out flat on its dieline. Everyone shows a Scare card at once, matching numbers clash, the highest number nobody matched takes the Treat and the lowest takes the Trick. Every name, number and rule is text you can retype, and every picture is a column you can swap. Comes with the board, 41 sample cards in five costumes, two kinds of token, the score sheet and the box.

LadderlarkSnakes and Ladders Board

Two snakes and ladders boards of a hundred squares at 8 × 8 inches. The Spiral board runs its squares in a square spiral from Start in the corner to the trophy at 100, three rings of white-edged strips on a pale aqua ground, every square a flat pastel with its number and a cartoon picture of an animal, a vehicle, a food or a toy, and a plaque in the middle with the board's name and the rules. The Grid board is the classic ten-by-ten, numbered from the bottom left and snaking up a row at a time, under a banner with the board's name. Both come with their snakes and ladders drawn on, the Board Type column picks which board a row gets, and both share one back. Comes with two sample boards, one of each.

GrainholtLudo Board

Two printable ludo boards at 8 × 8 inches in wood marquetry, with a walnut frame round an ash field and a home lane and nest in each of four woods (zebrawood, padauk, burl and yellowheart): classic Ludo, a cross of 52 squares with arrowed starts and five-square home lanes, and Spanish Parchís, 68 numbered squares wide enough for a blockade, twelve ringed safe squares and seven-square home lanes. The back is a marquetry chessboard, so a printed board turns over for chess or draughts. Each board's name is inlaid in the frame on all four sides as text you can retype, and the Board Type column picks which board a row gets. Comes with two sample boards, one of each.

WispwoodHalloween Board Game

Two printable Halloween roll-and-move game boards at 8 × 8 inches in a 1950s cartoon style, on a flocked turquoise ground of bare trees, tombstones and bats: a four-player race where each ghost starts on a corner swirl, goes once round a shared loop and turns in along its own coloured path to the haunted house in the middle, and one road winding up a hill to the house with arrows that lift you up a row or drop you back. Asterisk squares along both paths are there for your own rules. Each board's name and goal are text you can retype on its pennant, the Board Type column picks which board a row gets, and both share one back. Comes with two sample boards, one of each.

TalefolkBoard Game Prototype

A whole fantasy board game to make your own, in a flat mid-century storybook style: a game board at 8 × 8 inches with a renown track of forty spaces round a realm map of eight sites joined by roads, Hero and Quest cards at poker size with a back for each deck, a one-inch Renown and Curse token, a score sheet for four players and a poker tuck box laid out flat on its dieline. Heroes carry a cost, rune marks and an attack; quests ask for runes and pay out renown. Every name, number and rule is text you can retype, and every picture is a column you can swap. Comes with the board, ten sample cards, two kinds of token, the score sheet and the box.

KnucklecovePirate Board Game

A whole pirate treasure hunt for kids to print and make your own, in jungle green and sunny gold: a game board at 8 × 8 inches with a sandy trail of numbered spaces across an island map from the shipwreck to the pirate's chest, with card, crab and vine spaces; challenge, boost, shield and busted cards at poker size with one back; an explorer standee for each player; a treasure tally score sheet; and a poker tuck box laid out flat on its dieline. Roll and move, stop on a card space and draw: thumb-wrestle your nearest rival to leap ahead, grab springy sandals, or slip on a banana and slide back. Every name, number and rule is text you can retype, and every picture is a column you can swap. Comes with the board, 20 sample cards, four explorers, the score sheet and the box.

BramblerunEditable Board Game

A whole children's board game to make your own, in the bright cartoon look of a picture book: a game board at 8 × 8 inches with a winding path of stepping stones over a painted woodland, from a hollow log to a burrow door, with red critter stones, carrot stones and campfires; critter cards at poker size in two kinds, sky blue Friends and violet Tricksters, each with a cartoon animal, its name and one line of action, and one shared back; a one-inch chit that is every bunny pawn and every carrot; a score sheet for four players; and a poker tuck box laid out flat on its dieline. Every name, action and rule is text you can retype, and every picture is a column you can swap. Comes with ten sample critters, the board, five chits, the score sheet and the box.

MoodwhorlFeelings Game

A whole card game about feelings to make your own, painted in soft iridescent teal, violet and coral with pearl filigree: Moodkin creature cards at poker size whose frame takes the colour of their mood, a player aid and one shared back, a game board at 8 × 8 inches with a heart track of forty spaces round a dreamscape and two real card spaces, a one-inch two-sided Mood Coin with shards in two colours, a score sheet for five players and a poker tuck box laid out flat on its dieline. Each Moodkin carries Bliss or Gloom marks, a heart value and an effect. Every name, number and rule is text you can retype, and every picture is a column you can swap. Comes with eight sample creatures, the aid, the board, the coin and both shards, the score sheet and the box.

DunewiseIslamic Quiz Game

A printable Islamic quiz game with forty trivia questions on the Quran, the Prophets, the Pillars, history and manners, for family game night or a Ramadan quiz. It is a whole game to make your own, in the bright cartoon look of a children's picture book: a game board at 8 × 8 inches with a caravan trail of coloured spaces over a painted desert map, from a tent camp to a masjid; question cards at poker size in five categories (Quran, Prophets, Pillars, History and Manners), each with its question, its answer and its points, on one front and one back that take the category's colour; a one-inch chit that is every lantern pawn and every star; a six-sided category die; a score sheet for four players; and a poker tuck box laid out flat on its dieline. Every question, answer and rule is text you can retype or import from a spreadsheet, and the map and the cover are columns you can swap. Comes with forty sample questions, eight in each category, and no people drawn anywhere.

WitbloomTrivia Game

A printable trivia game with 48 questions and answers in six categories: geography, science, history, sport, the arts, and food and drink. It is a whole board game to make your own, in a bright party look: a game board at 8 × 8 inches where one track runs round a four-petal flower over a painted garden, with a START in each corner and the bloom in the middle as the goal; trivia cards at poker size, each with its question, its answer and its points, on one front and one back that take the category's colour; a half-inch chit for each of four light bulb pawns; a six-sided number die; a score sheet for four players or teams; and a poker tuck box laid out flat on its dieline. Every question and answer is text you can retype or import from a spreadsheet, and the garden and the box cover are pictures you can swap. Comes with 48 sample questions, eight in each category, and the rules to play it as it ships.

CometcaperSpace Board Game

A printable space board game for kids with 40 space fact cards: race your rocket past the planets to a comet, and put space history in order by year. It is a whole roll-and-move game to make your own, in a bright picture-book look: a game board at 8 × 8 inches where a trail of glowing spaces runs from a launch pad on Earth past the Moon, Mars, the asteroid belt, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune to the comet; poker-size star cards in three kinds on one back, where each Mission card prints a real milestone over its year (from Galileo's telescope in 1610 to the first landing near the Moon's south pole) and Boost and Asteroid cards send a rocket ahead or back; a rocket standee for each of four players; a six-sided number die; a score sheet for ticking off the planets; and a poker tuck box laid out flat on its dieline. Every fact and year is text you can retype or import from a spreadsheet, and the starry sky and the box cover are pictures you can swap. Comes with 54 sample cards and the rules to play it as it ships.