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means A game played with pieces, cards, or tokens moved across a printed board according to fixed rules.
from A simple compound: 'board' (from Old English 'bord,' a flat piece of wood or table-surface) plus 'game' (Old English 'gamen,' meaning joy, fun, or amusement). The pairing just describes exactly what it is — a game played on a board — and board games themselves are ancient, with artifacts like Senet and the Royal Game of Ur predating the English words by thousands of years. The term 'board game' as a category label is a much later convenience, used to distinguish these from card games, sports, and eventually video games.
- oldest known
- senet, played in egypt 5000 years ago
- monopoly origin
- designed to expose landlord greed, not celebrate it
- chess escalation
- queen gained her power in 15th century europe
- risk effect
- ends more friendships than actual wars