System for developing, managing, acquiring and playing electronic board games

One or more computer readable media containing instructions for managing and executing acquired electronic board games, wherein execution of the instructions by one or more processors of a computing device having a display screen causes the one or more processors to:

• store at least one acquired electronic board game in a memory,
• execute the electronic board game, and
• control the display screen during execution of the electronic board game to display thereon an electronic version of a board surface of the electronic board game, wherein orienting the display screen upwardly provides a support surface for supporting at least one hardware game piece associated with the at least one electronic board game.

A method for executing electronic board games on a computing device having a display screen, the method comprising:

• storing, by the computing device, at least one acquired electronic board game in a memory of the computing device,
• executing, by the computing device, the electronic board game, and
• controlling, by the computing device, the display screen during execution of the electronic board game to display thereon an electronic version of a board surface of the electronic board game, wherein orienting the display screen upwardly provides a support surface for supporting at least one hardware game piece associated with the at least one electronic board game.