Board games have been around since antiquity—the oldest evidence of the Egyptian game Senet dates back 5000 years. Here are 15 games people used to play before the 20th century: 1.

Scrabble is one of the all-time classic games. No other game lets folks who read dictionaries for fun flex so hard, while simultaneously amusing the people who think spelling FART is an evergreen ...

If you like old-fashioned dungeon crawls with a strong ... you can even find plenty of solo board games that don't require anyone but yourself to have a good time. Best New Board Games of 2024.

Attendees at a board game convention in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of Bradley Herring) For generations, when you thought of board games, you’d probably think of the same old titles: Household ...

The colors of the board and tiles have changed, but the game is mostly the same. A board at the Scrabble World Championship in 2018. Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images ...

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Board game sales in the United States surged more than 30 percent from 2019 to 2020, fueled by the Covid-19 pandemic, said Juli Lennett, a toy industry adviser for Circana, a market research firm.

A 4,000-year-old board discovered last year at an archaeological site in Oman's Qumayrah Valley might be a precursor to an ancient Middle Eastern game known as the Royal Game of Ur (or the Game of ...

The Witcher: Old World has all the warning signs. As a crowdfunded board game for adults, it follows the common trend of launching alongside a half-dozen expansions which shove years worth of ...