History of board games

game that involves counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules

Senet or senat (; cf. Coptic , 'passing, afternoon') is a board game from ancient Egypt that consists of ten or more pawns on a 30-square playing board. The earliest representation of senet is dated to 2620 BCE from the Mastaba of Hesy-Re, while similar boards and hieroglyphic signs are found even earlier, including in the Levant in the Early Bronze Age II period. Even though the game has a 2,000-year history in Egypt, there appears to be very little variation in terms of key components. This can be determined by studying the various senet boards that have been found by archaeologists, as well

ancient Mesopotamian board game

board game

Alquerque (also known as al-qirkat from ) is a strategy board game that is thought to have originated in the Middle East. It is considered to be the parent of draughts (US: checkers) and Fanorona and the diagonals of its grid are the predecessor of the checkering of the draughts board.

group of asymmetric boardgames

Liubo (; Old Chinese *kruk pˤak “six sticks”) was an ancient Chinese board game for two players. The rules have largely been lost, but it is believed that each player had six game pieces that were moved around the points of a square game board that had a distinctive, symmetrical pattern. Moves were determined by the throw of six sticks, which performed the same function as dice in other race games.

two-player strategy board game played throughout the Roman Empire

thumb|300px|right|Patolli game being watched by Xochipilli|Macuilxochitl as depicted on page 048 of the [[Codex Magliabechiano.]]

ancient Egyptian board game

ancient Egyptian board game

thumb|1554 illustration of a Rithmomachy board and pieces by Claude de Boissière Rithmomachia (also known as rithmomachy, arithmomachia, rythmomachy, rhythmomachy, the '''philosophers' game''', and other variants) is an early European mathematical board game. Its earliest known description dates from the eleventh century. The name comes loosely from Greek and means "The Battle of the Numbers." The game is somewhat like chess except that most methods of capture depend on the numbers inscribed on each piece.

board game

board game

Board game