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An Amerigame, short for American-style board game, is a loose category of tabletop game that generally features a prominent theme, encourages direct conflict between players, and has a significant degree of luck. It is distinguished from a Eurogame, or German-style board game, in that American-style games often have longer playtimes and mechanics designed to suit the theme.[1][better source needed] Games of this genre are sometimes, if pejoratively, nicknamed Ameritrash.[2]
Not all games from the United States fall under this category. Many of the famous American-style games were invented outside the US. Party games like Codenames, cooperative board games like Pandemic, and family-friendly board games with simpler or abstract rules like Scrabble and Chess are usually excluded.
- ^ "Ameritrash" on the BoardGameGeek wiki, BoardGameGeek contributors. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
- ^ Ameritrash at boardgamegeek.com. Retrieved 16 September 2023.