From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishldoce_030_eboard gameˈboard game noun [countable] 
DGBan indoor game played on a specially designed board made of thick card or wood
DGBan indoor game played on a specially designed board made of thick card or woodExamples from the Corpus
board game• Designed like a board game, your choices move a young writer through his career.• Read in studio A new board game featuring the so-called rave culture has been condemned for promoting drug abuse.• A family hooked on the board game Cluedo found Asha'a body in Somerset last week, 14 years after she vanished. 