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¿Question #2065?
ejmowrer: What would you say is absolutely necessary in a boardgame?

madguru: A 13-sided dice.
vandemonium: Molecules.
GalaGalaxia: Fun!
JMCEE: the components!
Felimid: Rules. Pieces. Board. Players. Beer keg. Pretzels. More beer. Potato chips. More beer. Bathroom within twenty feet.
tram10014: i'd say dice, but that seems a little too obvious.
Gregski: People
Phil Fleischmann: Fun
Woelf: Fun
daveroswell: fun
johnnyrobo: A planet to play on. Or space station.
Madster: erm... a board?
xlorp: Fun and/or tragedy
penda: Bits. Gotta have bits!
dyfrgi: Player choices which impact the outcome.
pastej: Fun-factor
Nogser: A board?
lambda: Fun
Brad Oliver: A game.
Roja: FUN
simonjay77: An element of fun! No fun - no game!
themagni: Players.
DHEK: Elements of fun.
aleo09: a board
vampywife: you just have to be able to have fun playing them, regardless of what's "in" them.
SquarePegIX: Participants.
Commandex: depth
Beyak: Participant interest
_Kael_: two thing: a board and a game. Many games on this site seem to be missing at least one.
Leo-T: a board
stevegamer: Players.
ellephai: Fun. And that can be defined as the user wishes.
dmomo: People/Person to play.
greglios: Fun
slowpokeiv: Playability
prolifekilledmywife: References to once-obscure 70's British comedy
WalkerRedEye: cool bits, im a suckere for cool bits even ifn teh game is lousy
angelgone: Company
Admiral Fisher: Pieces
nerotora: A strong emphasis on theme. Also the "fun" factor. Ah, and some randomizing mechanism. And no auctions please!
dbmurph22: money
Shotmagnet: a board
scribidinus: By definiation, a board? Am I close?
brainrob: A board
Chris Page: Players.
dwarf: Rules.
knot2: It needs to engage the brain
Loquutus: boogers
confuse_a_cat: Some sort of set of objectives
skrutsch: Rules.
hacksword: Vin Diesel
Tushratta: A board.
SgtTodd: a board
MDettmer81: Fun to play-ness
Favre4MVP: a board
Unitbuster: Some kind of visual aid to keep track of what is going on
kimapesan: A rule book.
Yollege: A board
cln777: a board
tragicpoet: fiddlybits
WyldKarde: Fun.
GI Joe: Clear rules
Beorning: Replay value
tomski: Players
2amp: dice, tokens & a board
saulsehy: technically, a board.
Mease19: A good video card, oh wait, you don't mean absolutely un-necessary...
ssmooth: A board and a game
arkibet: A friend.
edosan: A box. Otherwise stuff goes all over.
der_chad: I like nice bits
Belash: fun
Sceadeau: Little wooden thingies
AWildEep: FUN
The Unbeliever: 42
BaSL: rules
chad56s: fun
dietevil: fun
Lord_Prussian: Rules
JasonA1: Rules
mrbeankc: a board
heli: people. soylent green is people.
HappyProle: Victory conditions
snoozefest: fun
scriptorum: Players.
Lord Baldrick: nothing, except for the fun had by the players
dralius: a board
LudesFactor: a smooth surface to place it
MisterCranky: Players
WasQ: a player... minimun
jimchris: A cause-and-effect mechanism that is sensible.
Asmoridin: Good friends, and rules that allow us to have fun. I also want nice looking components, and clear rules.
kennyb: opponents
erli: aesthetics
dakarp: fun
Tim Synge: Someone who's prepared to read/interpret the rules correctly.
djlg: A board. And a game.
Flyspeck23: A board of some sort.
ValJor: I wrote "a board" but before clicking Save, I checked the others' answers and I saw that quite a few had already replied that, so I decided to go with a long meta-answer. And that's what you just had.
jttm: A board
Cavedog_pdx: Fun
Wintergoblin: It has to be fun.
Fawkes: Players?
Blackwind: Players.
cktjharris: Clearly written rules
CortexBomb: A board
chaddyboy_2000: Components of some sort.
AlorielLelyn: Rules
skelebone: Players.
gnomehome: Rules
CDRodeffer: Players. Or at least one player.
Spielfreak: A board?
Dave: a board?