History of board games
19 entries in the History of Board Games compendium.
International Board Game Studies AssociationAcademic association for the history and development of board games.3M bookshelf game seriesStrategy games in book-like boxes from the 1960s.AlquerqueStrategy board game, parent of draughts and Fanorona.GlückshausA dice game with a numbered board and staking rules.HalataflA medieval Scandinavian board game mentioned in the Grettis saga.Hounds and jackalsAncient Egyptian board game played with jackal and dog-headed sticks.John JefferysFirst definitively ascribed game designer in the Anglophone world.LiuboAncient Chinese board game played with six sticks.Ludus CoriovalliStone artefact possibly depicting a Roman-era blocking game.Ludus latrunculorumRoman two-player strategy board game of military tactics.The Mansion of HappinessA moral race to virtue on a spiral track.Mehen (game)Ancient Egyptian board game named after a snake deity.History of MonopolyA board game evolved from a Georgist teaching tool.PatolliAncient Mesoamerican race game of strategy and gambling.RithmomachiaA medieval mathematical board game for teaching number theory.Royal Game of UrAncient race game from Mesopotamia, rediscovered at Ur.Tafl gamesAncient Northern European strategy board games with uneven armies.Tessera lusoriaRoman tokens of debated purpose, inscribed with words and numbers.Travellers' Tour Through the United StatesOne of the earliest American board games, a map-based travel game from 1822.
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