Editing Board game (section)

===Promotion type===

The following categories of board games are not board game types but rather paths board game creators take to promote their game:<ref name="game-types_board-games-land_2024"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers"
|+ Board game categorization by promotion
|-
! Promotional Approach
! Description
! Examples 
! Ref
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| Collectable
| A collectible board game is a special edition of a board game that has limited copies, such as anniversaries or deluxe versions. 
| <ul>
<li>''[[Dune: Imperium|Dune: Imperium – Deluxe upgrade pack]]''<!-- The Wikipedia article doesn't yet mention the deluxe edition, therefore, an inline citation is included. -->;<ref name="dune-imperium-ugrade_bgg_current(2020)">{{cite web|title=Dune: Imperium – Deluxe Upgrade Pack (2020)|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameaccessory/324114/dune-imperium-deluxe-upgrade-pack|access-date=5 February 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250208110030/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameaccessory/324114/dune-imperium-deluxe-upgrade-pack|archive-date=8 February 2025|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
<li>''[[Dungeon Lords (board game)|Dungeon Lords – Happy Anniversary]]''<!-- The Wikipedia article doesn't yet mention the deluxe edition, therefore, an inline citation is included. -->;<ref name="duneon-lords_bgg_current(2025)">{{cite web|title=Dungeon Lords: Happy Anniversary (2014)|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161617/dungeon-lords-happy-anniversary|access-date=5 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109091046/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/161617/dungeon-lords-happy-anniversary|archive-date=9 January 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
<li>''[[Pandemic (board game)#Editions|Pandemic – 10th Anniversary Edition]]'';</li>
<li> ''[[Magic the gathering|Magic the gathering – 4th edition]]''<!-- The Wikipedia article doesn't yet mention the deluxe edition, therefore, an inline citation is included. -->;<ref name="magic-the-gathering_bgg_current(2025)">{{cite web|title=Magic: The Gathering – Fourth Edition Core Set (1995)|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/221378/magic-the-gathering-fourth-edition-core-set|access-date=5 February 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250208105611/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/221378/magic-the-gathering-fourth-edition-core-set|archive-date=8 February 2025|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
<li>''[[Ticket to Ride (board game)#Anniversary releases|Ticket to Ride: Anniversary Editions]]''</li>
</ul>
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| [[Expansion pack|Expansion]]
| An expansion of the base board game is a set of additional components and rules for expanding on an original base game. An "expansion" requires the base game to play.
| <ul>
<li>''[[Blood Bowl#Fourth Edition, rule updates and Living Rulebook|Living Rulebook]]'' (expansion of ''[[Blood Bowl]]'');
<li>''[[Boss Monster 2: The Next Level (board game)|Boss Monster 2: The Next Level]]''<ref name="boss-level-2_brotherwise_current(2019)">{{cite web|title=Boss Monster 2: The Next Level|website=Brotherwise Games (www.brotherwisegames.com)|language=en|url=http://www.brotherwisegames.com/2015/04/16/boss-monster-2-the-next-level|access-date=5 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710060641/http://www.brotherwisegames.com/2015/04/16/boss-monster-2-the-next-level|archive-date=10 July 2019|url-status=dead|df=dmy}}</ref> (expansion of ''[[Boss Monster (board game)|Boss Monster]]'');<ref name="boss-monster_brotherwise-games_current(2013)">{{cite web|title=Boss Monster|website=Brotherwise Games (www.bossmonstergame.wordpress.com)|date=13 June 2013|language=en|url=http://bossmonstergame.wordpress.com|access-date=7 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703093806/http://bossmonstergame.wordpress.com|archive-date=3 July 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy}}</ref><!--No Wikipedia page exists for either game, therefore inline citations are needed.-->
<li>''[[Pathfinder Roleplaying Game#Related products|Wrath of the Righteous]]'' (expansion of ''[[Pathfinder Roleplaying Game#Related products|Pathfinder Adventure Card Game]]'' based on ''[[Pathfinder Roleplaying Game|Pathfinder]]'');</li>
<li>[[Pixel Tactics 5 (board game)|Pixel Tactics 5]]<ref name="pixel-tactics-5_bgg_current(2025)">{{cite web|title=Pixel Tactics 5 (2015)|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172969/pixel-tactics-5|access-date=7 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130094911/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/172969/pixel-tactics-5|archive-date=30 January 2025|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref> (expansion of ''[[Pixel Tactics (board game)|Pixel Tactics]]'');<ref name="pixel-tactics_bgg_current(2025)">{{cite web|title=Pixel Tactics (2012) |website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125548/pixel-tactics|access-date=7 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229183137/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125548/pixel-tactics|archive-date=29 December 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
<li>{{ill|Rumis+|de|Rumis#Veröffentlichung}} (expansion of ''[[Rumis]]'');
<li>[[Star Wars: Destiny#Sets|Booster Packs]] (expansion of ''[[Star Wars: Destiny]]'');<ref name="star-wars-2-player_ffg_current(2025)">{{cite web|title=Star Wars: Destiny Two-Player Game|website=Fantasy Flight Games (www.fantasyflightgames.com)|language=en|url=https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/8/31/star-wars-destiny-two-player-game|access-date=7 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121060129/https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/8/31/star-wars-destiny-two-player-game|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref><!--No Wikipedia page exists for either game, therefore inline citations have been included.-->
<li>[[Ticket to Ride (board game)#Map collections|Map expansions]] of ''[[Ticket to Ride (board game)|Ticket to Ride]]''</li> 
</ul>
| <ref name="expansion_bgg_current(2025)">{{cite web|title=Expansion for Base-game|website=Board Game Geek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamecategory/1042/expansion-for-base-game|access-date=10 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114041001/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamecategory/1042/expansion-for-base-game|archive-date=14 January 2025|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
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| Fan expansion
| Fan expansion board games are non-commercial enhancements made by people other than a base game's designers or publishers. These are also called "unofficial" board games.
| <ul>
<li>''[[Android: Netrunner#Null Signal Games releases|System Gateway]]'' (fan expansion for ''[[Android: Netrunner]]'');<ref name="system-gateway_bgg_current(2025)">{{cite web|title=System Gateway (fan expansion for Android: Netrunner) (2021)|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/345976/system-gateway-fan-expansion-for-android-netrunner|access-date=7 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118035027/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/345976/system-gateway-fan-expansion-for-android-netrunner|archive-date=18 January 2025|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
<li>''[[Crabs Adjust Humidity: Volume One]]'' (fan expansion for ''[[Cards Against Humanity]]'');<ref name="crabs-against-humanity_bgg_current(2025)">{{cite web|title=Crabs Adjust Humidity: Volume One (fan expansion for Cards Against Humanity) (2013) |website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/145418/crabs-adjust-humidity-volume-one-fan-expansion-for|access-date=7 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114034849/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/145418/crabs-adjust-humidity-volume-one-fan-expansion-for|archive-date=14 January 2025|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
<li>''[[Switching Gears]]'' (fan expansion for ''[[T.I.M.E Stories]]'');<ref name="sitching-gears_bgg_current(2025)">{{cite web|title=Switching Gears (fan expansion for T.I.M.E Stories) (2016)|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/200443/switching-gears-fan-expansion-for-time-stories|access-date=7 February 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250209054529/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/200443/switching-gears-fan-expansion-for-time-stories|archive-date=9 February 2025|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
<li>''[[The Crimson Scales]]'' (fan expansion of ''[[Gloomhaven]]'');<ref name="crimson-scale_bgg_current(2025)">{{cite web|title=
The Crimson Scales (2021)|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/365186/the-crimson-scales|access-date=5 February 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250209051306/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/365186/the-crimson-scales|archive-date=9 February 2025|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
<li>''[[Atolla Modulis]]'' (fan expansion for ''[[Power Grid]]'');<ref name="atolla-modulis_bgg_current(2025)">{{cite web|title=
Atolla Modulis (fan expansion for Funkenschlag) (2006)|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/22355/atolla-modulis-fan-expansion-for-funkenschlag|access-date=5 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122144202/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/22355/atolla-modulis-fan-expansion-for-funkenschlag|archive-date=22 January 2025|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
<li>''[[Lost Wonders]]'' (fan expansion for ''[[7 Wonders (board game)|7 Wonders]]'')<ref name="lost-wonders_bgg_current(2025)">{{cite web|title= Lost Wonders (fan expansion for 7 Wonders) (2012)|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/134849/lost-wonders-fan-expansion-for-7-wonders|access-date=5 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114034940/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/134849/lost-wonders-fan-expansion-for-7-wonders|archive-date=14 January 2025|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
</ul>
| <ref name="fan-expansion_bgg_current(2025)">{{cite web|title=Fan Expansion|website=Board Game Geek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamecategory/2687/fan-expansion|access-date=10 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225171756/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamecategory/2687/fan-expansion|archive-date=25 December 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
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| {{ill|Print-and-play|de|Print & play}}
| Print-and-play board games are those not published in a physical form but are those that require the players to download, print, and construct the game. Often, these games are downloaded electronically as a PDF file. 
| ''[[Air, Land, & Sea]]''; ''[[Corinth]]''; ''[[Evolution (board game)#History|Evolution: Climate]]''; ''[[Monikers]]''; ''[[The Resistance (game)|The Resistance]]''; ''[[Rolling Realms (board game)|Rolling Realms]]''; ''[[Root (board game)|Root]]''; ''[[Secret Hitler]]''; ''[[Tiny Epic Galazies]]'' 
| <ref name="game-types_board-games-land_2024"/><ref name="printplay"/><ref name="print-and-play_bgg_current(2025)">{{cite web|title=Print and Play|website=Board Game Geek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamecategory/1120/print-and-play|access-date=10 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225171820/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamecategory/1120/print-and-play|archive-date=25 December 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
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| Travel
| Travel versions of board games that are more amenable for packing and carrying while traveling, having smaller game components to make them more compact, and simplified rules to make them quicker to play. 
| Compact versions of [[chess]], or [[checkers]]
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