Board Games
Below are our 11 articles in the 'board games' category:
The Background of Cribbage
Cribbage is a card game for two players where you aim to form combinations of cards to score points and play the cards you have in a particular to gain points. ...
Ludo is all about the game, quite literally, the name Ludo means 'game' in Latin. Ludo was devised around the late 1800's and is still a popular board game today. It's a great game because it is ...
The classic game of Backgammon may have been around since 3000 BC when a similar set was uncovered from that era. A traditional Backgammon set consists of a board or case, two dice, two sets of ...
The board game of checkers or draughts as it is known in the UK is a very popular board game that is easy to pick up and play. The age range for playing checkers is from around 5 years old and ...
The strategy board game Chess has been around for many years with the first mention of the game occurring around 600 AD. Today it is one of the most recognized and popular board games available.
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Chinese Checkers is one of those fun games from childhood that most people enjoy playing and then seem to abandon as they get older. It was originally based on a game named 'Hoppity' that is ...
Mancala is the term used for a family of board games that are extremely popular throughout Africa and some of Asia. Many people refer to Mancala as count and capture games with the term mancala ...
Mensa is the world's most prolific High IQ society. Members of Mensa (Mensans) are said to be in the top 2% as far as intelligence quotient goes. There is little surprise therefore that games seen as ...
The strategy game of Reversi was invented around 1880 but gained much popularity in the 1970’s in it's modern incarnation. Reversi is also known as Othello, named after the famous Shakespearean play. ...
The animated series The Simpson’s first aired in the USA in December 1989. Prior to this it had appeared as a short sketch as part of The Tracey Ullman Show. The popularity and adulation of the show ...
The card game of Solitaire has a very blurry history with no actual ‘inventor’ as such though card games of this type are thought to be of French origin. The game, also known as Patience is thought ...
