Board Games

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...