![]() This is when two or more players move around a track and decide their moves by the throw of a dice. Many board games (including games designed in the 20th century) are based on the simple ‘Game of Goose’ concept, first recorded in the 15th century and the first commercially-produced board game. Want more articles on collecting straight to your inbox? Sign up to our free newsletter here Painted games board, 19th century, one side for ‘Fox and Geese’ and ‘The Game of the Goose’, the other side for chess and a version of roulette. ![]() The exact rules have been lost for posterity, however clever game historians and Egyptologists have reconstructed gameplay based on snippets of text spanning over a thousand years. 2900 BC) Egyptian burial tombs and is, currently, the oldest board game known to have existed. ![]() Senet – an early blocking game – is found in First Dynasty (c. Related: Vintage Luggage & Trunks: Where to Begin Photo The Walters Art Museum / Creative Commons Licence Senet game board of 30 squares requiring 14 game pieces, like spool and cone shaped pieces, Egypt, El Balyana (Abydos), 1550-712 BCE, acquired by Henry Walters, 1923. And people have been playing board games since the Ancient World. They’re all about face-to-face interaction. Perhaps this is a reaction to the digital age, to the soulless world of computer games – often played solo – for traditional board games are very human. Board games are enjoying a revival in the early 21st century.
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