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{{Short description|Type of tabletop game using tiles}}
{{For|video games with tile-based graphics|Tile-based video game}}
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[[File:Dominospiel.JPG|thumb|right|A game of dominoes]]

A '''tile-based game''' is a [[game]] that uses [[tile]]s as one of the fundamental elements of play. Traditional tile-based games use small tiles as playing pieces for [[gambling]] or entertainment games.  Some [[board games]] use tiles to create their board, giving multiple possibilities for board layout, or allowing changes in the board geometry during play.

Each tile has a back (undifferentiated) side and a face side.  [[Domino]] tiles are usually rectangular, twice as long as they are wide and at least twice as wide as they are thick, though games exist with square tiles, triangular tiles and even hexagonal tiles. Modern games may use unconventional non-tileable shapes such as the curved-shaped [[Bendomino]]es, or use many different shapes that [[Tessellation|together tile a surface]] such as the [[polyomino]]es in [[Blokus]].

==Traditional==
* [[Anagrams (game)|Anagrams]]
* [[Chinese dominoes]]
* [[Dominoes]]
* [[Khorol (game)|Khorol]]
* [[Mahjong]]

==Commercial==
* ''[[Okey]]''
* ''[[Quad-Ominos]]''
* ''[[Qwirkle]]''
* ''[[Rummikub]]''
* ''[[Scrabble]]''

==Using non-rectangular tiles==
* ''[[Bendomino]]''
* ''[[Blokus]]''
* ''[[Gheos]]''
* ''[[Heroscape]]''
* ''[[Hive (game)|Hive]]''
* ''[[Tantrix]]''
* ''[[Triominos]]''

==Board games==
{{Category see also|Tile-based board games}}
* ''[[Alhambra (board game)|Alhambra]]''
* ''[[Azul (board game)]]''
* ''[[Betrayal at House on the Hill]]''
* ''[[Carcassonne (board game)|Carcassonne]]''
* ''[[Domineering]]''
* ''[[Fjords (board game)|Fjords]]''
* ''[[Forbidden Island (game)|Forbidden Island]]''
* ''[[Galaxy Trucker]]''
* ''[[Gold Mine (board game)|Gold Mine]]''
* ''[[Rallyman: GT]]''
* ''[[Saboteur (card game)|Saboteur]]''
* ''[[The Settlers of Catan]]''
* ''[[Tsuro]]''
* ''[[Tsuro of the Seas|Tsuro Of The Seas]]''
* ''[[Zombies!!!]]''

==See also==
* [[Sliding puzzle]]
{{Tabletop games by type}}{{Authority control}}

==References==
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