Board Games of the World A History

Board Games of the World: A History We have a rich heritage of board games from all over the globe. For millennia, people have been creating and playing board games. These games have been around for thousands of years and are still a great source of information and entertainment. The oldest game is the ancient Egyptian Senet game, dating back around 3500 BC. A recent example of a game that was invented is Pente. Gary Gabrel created it in 1977. Many games reflect the competitive activities of the time, such as wars or tactics and strategies of warfare. Backgammon and Chess are examples of this. Backgammon results from the ancient Roman race game Tabula between two players. Chess was initially developed in northern India as Chaturanga around 3000 BC. This name is Sanskrit for four parts. It refers to the four-part division of an Indian army platoon into an elephant, chariot, three horse riders, and five foot soldiers. Chaturanga was introduced to Persia in the form of the game Shatranj. It then spread westwards via Islamic expansion to Spain (Ajedrez) and eventually became the modern chess game. Shatranj also inspired Senterej, an Ethiopian version of Chess. Finally, Chaturanga spread to the east and became Chinese chess XiangQi and Japanese chess Shogi. Thai chess Makruk, Burmese Sittuyin, and Burmese Makruk are two other eastern variations. There are many variations of Chess, including Farmer's Chess and Gala. These variants can still be played in certain farming villages in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Gala is played on a 10x10 board with four sections of 4x4 called castles. Each player has two Kings and/or Galas. In addition, they can play circular Byzantine Chess on a circular 16x4 board. Courier Chess, another interesting precursor to modern international Chess, is also available. This game is also known as Kurierspiel, and it's a south German version. It is played on an 8x12 board. Lucan Van Leyden, a great Dutch Renaissance painter and engraver from Leiden created The Chess Players' famous painting at fourteen. This painting shows a game called Courier. This painting was

part of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum Berlin. It survived bombing raids in 1945 but was moved to Merkers salt mine near Erfurt by General Patton's Third Army. A Courier board was presented to Strobeck, near Halberstadt, by Frederick William of Brandenburg in 1651. One of the most powerful pieces in the game, the Courier, is the game's name. Mancala is the name of a group of board games played in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean. These games are typically played on wooden boards with two, three, or four rows of holes. They can also play these games with holes dug into the ground. These games use counters such as stones, marbles, and seeds. Mancala, an Arabic word that means to transfer, refers to how the counters are inserted into the holes. Mancala has the largest number of names among all board games. There are hundreds of possible names for the Mancala game. Originating in Africa, the game was then spread by Bantu expansion. Then it was moved to South-East Asia by Arab traders. Finally, the game was brought to the Caribbean via the slave trade. These names include Warri (Caribbean), Oware(Ghana), Maruba, Tesoro [South Africa], Gabata (Ethiopia), Tesoro (\"Zimbabwe\"), Tesoro (\"Ghana\") Layli Goobalay\" (Somalia), Pallanguli (\"Sri Lanka\") and Chongkak\" (Malaysia).