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  2. History of games - Wikipedia

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    History of games. Indian Ambassadors, probably sent by the Maukhari King Ĺšarvavarman of Kannauj, present the Chaturanga chess game to Khosrau I, from "A treatise on chess", 14th century. [1][2] The history of games dates to the ancient human past. [3] Games are an integral part of all cultures and are one of the oldest forms of human social ...

  3. Chrononauts - Wikipedia

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    Chrononauts is a family of card games that simulates popular fictional ideas about how time travellers might alter history, drawing on sources like Back to the Future and the short stories collection Travels Through Time. The game was designed by Andrew Looney and is published by Looney Labs. [ 2 ]

  4. Card game - Wikipedia

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    A card game is any game that uses playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, whether the cards are of a traditional design or specifically created for the game (proprietary). Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card games played with traditional decks have ...

  5. Uno (card game) - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 October 2024. Card game produced by Mattel For the video game adaptation, see Uno (video game). For other uses, see Uno. Uno Logo since 2016 Designer Merle Robbins Publisher International Games (until 1992) Mattel (since 1992) Type Shedding-type Players 2–10 players Skills Hand management Age range ...

  6. Magic: The Gathering - Wikipedia

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    Some (order of cards drawn, varying card abilities) Website. magic.wizards.com /en. Magic: The Gathering (colloquially known as Magic or MTG) is a tabletop and digital collectible card game created by Richard Garfield. [ 1 ] Released in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast, Magic was the first trading card game and had approximately fifty million ...

  7. History of video games - Wikipedia

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    e. The history of video games began in the 1950s and 1960s as computer scientists began designing simple games and simulations on minicomputers and mainframes. Spacewar! was developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student hobbyists in 1962 as one of the first such games on a video display. The first consumer video game hardware ...

  8. History of role-playing games - Wikipedia

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    The history of role-playing games began when disparate traditions of historical reenactment, improvisational theatre, and parlour games combined with the rulesets of fantasy wargames in the 1970s to give rise to tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs). [1] Multiple TTRPGs were produced between the 1970s and early 1990s.

  9. Early history of video games - Wikipedia

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    e. The history of video games spans a period of time between the invention of the first electronic games and today, covering many inventions and developments. Video gaming reached mainstream popularity in the 1970s and 1980s, when arcade video games, gaming consoles and home computer games were introduced to the general public.