History of Games

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One can imagine that games have been played throughout human history. Beginning as soon as there was a moment of leisure time not devoted to survival; as soon as a communications between individuals got beyond the basics of conveying elementary needs and movements, into realm of invention and ideas. It’s a fact that games are played between babies and their parents from the first months of life, beginning with peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake and working up to hide-and-seek just as soon as a toddler is mobile. Games seem to be part of our nature, probably because they severed a useful purpose (learning skills strategic thinking) all while being fun.
Basically, board games are divided into three types of games: luck, strategy, and knowledge. Board games based on luck are usually controlled by dice. The winner is usually determined by the one who can luckily roll the desired number on the dice. Games of strategy on the other hand are a game of wits, skills, and logic. People who excel and a game of chance will not change their skill in any way. There are also games that require the player to be knowledgeable on certain topics like quiz masters and scrabble. Then there are board games that do not require only luck but also strategy in all aspects of the game.
Board games likely originated in Egypt and The Fertile Crescent before spreading to other regions. India and China also had very early board games, but the exact dates of the creation remain unknown. Board games didn’t even reach Britain until the very end of the first century B.C. from there, they spread around the Mediterranean before reaching the Roman Empire and what is now Europe.
The very first board game in recorded history is a game of chance called Senet. The game was recorded...

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