Verb
play the board (third-person singular simple present plays the board, present participle playing the board, simple past and past participle played the board)
(poker) To have as one's best hand the communal cards on the board. A player in such a situation can only achieve a split pot, since all the other players can also play the board.
If every day you play the board game Risk You've probably never taken a risk In your life / And Monopoly has far From a stranglehold on the board game market A little kid died from suffocation When he choked on a game piece from Operation. Bo Burnham