The Incredible Story of Board Games
The oldest "tabletops" appeared more than five thousand years ago and passed an interesting path of development, which, experts are sure, has not yet ended.
What the Ancients Played
The first board games appeared in India, China and Mesopotamia. Players who gathered at the table simply threw dice, pebbles with drawings or some semblance of cubes on a hard surface, and the winner was the one who scored the most points. Some games have not survived to this day, although they are...