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3000 BCE
Checkers
To capture your opponents pieces or block their legal moves -
2600 BCE
Royal Game of Ur
this is the oldest playable game, created in the ancient Mesopotamia. This game was created were 2 players complete to race their pieces from one end of the board to the other -
Mahjong
This game was created in china. It is almost like the game rummy, 4 players will draw a tile and discarded their unusable one, the first person to complete the set wins -
Sugoroku
It can be played by two or more people, who advance their pieces according to dice rolls around a clockwise spiral. Each player starts at the 'merchant' square, in the bottom right-hand corner, and the goal is to reach the largest square in the centre - 'daimyo lord's first arrow shooting of the year', with a picture of a samurai drawing his bow in the presence of high-ranking courtiers. -
Pachisi
an Indian game played since at least the 16th century on a board shaped like a symmetrical cross. The aim of the game is to move all four of your pieces around the board before your opponents do, with the central square acting as the start and finish point. -
Sorry
to be the first player to move all four of your pawns from the "Start" area, around the board, and into your designated "Home" space -
Monopoly
to become the wealthiest player by buying, developing, and renting properties, ultimately driving your opponents into bankruptcy. -
Candyland
to be the first player to reach the candy castle, by landing on the rainbow space at the end of the path, by drawing colored cards and moving your gingerbread man token to the corresponding colored spaces -
Life
Stimulates a person's journey through life, from early adulthood to retirement, with players making choices and experiencing events like jobs, marriage, and children, aiming to achieve the highest net worth. -
Operation
Testing hand and eye coordination and fine motor skills -
Twister
Was designed as a party game where players, using a spinner, place their hands and feet on colored dots on a mat, aiming to stay balanced and outlast their opponents -
First gaming system
Allows people to play on a computer or a tv created by magnavox -
Hungry hungry hippos
aiming for players to collect as many marbles as possible with their hippo by using levers to make their hippo "eat" marbles