A microgame is a board game or wargame packaged in a small set.
The term generally refers to board games or wargames which were packaged and sold with instructions and maps or playing surfaces printed in a booklet format, or as one large sheet folded until it became "pocket sized" (approximately 4×7 inches).
Game pieces (also known as chits or counters) were printed on one or more sheets of thick paper which the player sometimes had to cut for themselves.
Other microgames had fully die-cut cardboard sheets like those included with most board wargames.
[5] The 9-card nanogame Orchard won the 2018 Board Game Geek's Print and Play Design Contest.