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Board games history: incredible but real stories about Monopoly1 comment

Luk wrote 1 month ago: Old Monopoly edition Who is Mr Monopoly and What are the real stories around the Monopoly board game … more →

Tags: CURIOSITIES, Board games, Classic Board Games, games couriosities, incredible Monopoly stories, monopoly, monopoly board, monopoly pics, mr monopoly

Board games history: ancient Greeks played dices in the Parthenon

Luk wrote 1 month ago: Acropolis of Athens Once, on the Acropolis of Athens ancient Greeks used to play board games. They u … more →

Tags: History of Games, Acropolis, Ancient Greece, ATHENS, Board games, educational, Games, Gaming, Partehenon

Board games history: the Viking game of Tafl2 comments

Luk wrote 1 month ago: Vikings The Tafl is an ancient Viking board game and also one of the oldest board games ever invente … more →

Tags: History of Games, ancient board games, Board games geeks, Celtic Games, games in history, Nordic Games, Norse culture, tafl game rules, Viking games

Board games history: Greek and Roman skill games2 comments

Luk wrote 2 months ago: Greek and Roman games are one of the little known aspects of these ancient societies. In Hellenistic … more →

Tags: History of Games, Clever Games, Education, Culture, photos, History, Fun, Children, Pictures]

Famous board games history: the invention of Scrabble

Luk wrote 2 months ago: Scrabble is probably one of the most famous board games ever invented with over 100 million sets sol … more →

Tags: Board games, Alfred Mosher Butts, Board Game, Classic Board Games, couriosities, Culture, famous board games, Fun, Games

Board games History: the Japanese game of Gomoku

Luk wrote 2 months ago: the board and the pieces of Gomoku Gomoku (五目並べ) is a Japanese traditional logic board game, related … more →

Tags: train your brain, History of Games, Games, Clever Games, Board games, Random, History, Gaming

Monopolygate: the real story behind Monopoly and Anti-Monopoly

Luk wrote 2 months ago: Anti Monopoly board game Ridley Scott announced his commitment into a new movie based on the Monopol … more →

Tags: CURIOSITIES, train your brain, antimonopoly, Board Game, Board games, Entertainment, Fun, monopoly, monopolygate

Board games history: the game of the goose in the Renaissance

Luk wrote 3 months ago: Egyptian gooses Ancient Italian goose game In 1640, a new board game called “Game of the goose” appe … more →

Tags: Board games, CURIOSITIES, educational, History, photos, ancient board games, Pictures], History of Games, Goose Game

Games in History: Greek philosophy and labyrinth gameboards2 comments

Luk wrote 5 months ago: In ancient Greece, board games where very popular, especially among the philosophers and their pupil … more →

Tags: Board games, CURIOSITIES, educational, History, Ancient Greek culture, ancient culture, Ancient Greece, chaturanga, Clever Games

Board games history: The Royal Game of Ur in Mesopotamia1 comment

Luk wrote 5 months ago: In 1920 British archaeologist Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, during some excavations in the Royal Ceme … more →

Tags: Board games, CURIOSITIES, educational, History, Role Games, ancient board games, archaeology, Art, Board Game

Anthropology: games and sport

Luk wrote 7 months ago: Games where invented and developed both in ancient and modern cultures. In Indian tribes, games were … more →

Tags: educational, History, Games, Education, School, Culture, Playing, Board games, Thoughts

Chaturanga: the oriental ancestor of modern chess1 comment

Luk wrote 7 months ago: All modern studies on chess genealogy agree that we can find the origins of chess in ancient India, … more →

Tags: educational, History, train your brain, chaturanga, Chess, Chess History, Chess Pieces, Clever Games, Culture

Board games history: Senet the Egyptians ancestor of chess. 5 comments

Luk wrote 8 months ago: Board games have millennial history and have been played in a lot of cultures and societies. The old … more →

Tags: History, ancient board games, Ancient Egypt, Art, Board Game, Culture, Education, Egyptology, Faith


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