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  2. Royal Game of Ur - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Game of Ur is a two-player strategy race board game of the tables family that was first played in ancient Mesopotamia during the early third millennium BC. The game was popular across the Middle East among people of all social strata, and boards for playing it have been found at locations as far away from Mesopotamia as Crete and Sri Lanka.

  3. History of games - Wikipedia

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    Gyan chauper, Late 18th century Jain game board on cloth in the decorative arts gallery of the National Museum of India. Acc. No. 85.312. The Ancient Indian game of Pachisi was brought to the west by the British in the 1863 and an adaptation of the oldest game named Parcheesi was first copyrighted in the United States by EG Selchow & Co in 1869 ...

  4. Senet - Wikipedia

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    Senet or senat (Ancient Egyptian: 𓊃𓈖𓏏𓏠, romanized: znt, lit. 'passing'; cf. Coptic ⲥⲓⲛⲉ /sinə/, 'passing, afternoon') is a board game from ancient Egypt that consists of ten or more pawns on a 30-square playing board. [1]

  5. 30 Classic Board Games Everyone Should Own - AOL

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    Though not the oldest board game—that honor goes to the ancient Egyptian game Senet, created in 3,500 B.C. and originally played on rectangular slabs made of wood, limestone, or faience—the ...

  6. Ancient board game — dating back over 3,000 years ... - AOL

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    It is one of the oldest known recreational artifacts ever found in Spain, researchers said. Ancient board game — dating back over 3,000 years — discovered in Spain. Take a look

  7. Mancala - Wikipedia

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    Board configurations vary among different games but also within variations of a given game; for example Endodoi is played on boards from 2×6 to 2×10. The largest are Tchouba ( Mozambique ) with a board of 160 (4×40) holes requiring 320 seeds, and En Gehé ( Tanzania ), played on longer rows with up to 50 pits (a total of 2×50=100) and using ...

  8. Go (game) - Wikipedia

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    Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players in which the aim is to fence off more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day.

  9. Game of the Day: Backgammon - AOL

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    On the last day of this holiday weekend, cozy up by the virtual fire with your family and play today's Game of the Day, Backgammon. The simple goal of one of the oldest board games in the world is ...

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