The ancient Egyptians had a board game called Hounds and Jackels. The details of the game are not known, but it was a board game with pegs. Throughout history, people have played Board Games. The classic game of strategy, Chess, has ties to ancient Persia in it's terminology. Checkers is another such game. The most fascinating history of board games is found in the following link. So when the board game was invented is still a question. Ur of the Chaldees had a "royal game" and it is thought to be a board game.
Board games were first invented around 5,000 years ago in ancient Egypt.
The first board games were invented in ancient Mesopotamia, which is now modern-day Iraq.
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Romans invented several games that called for the use of dice. They also invented jacks. They played card games as well.
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Ancient China invented many games to play and they still are being played today. For example, they invented board games such as Othello and Chinese chess. They also invented card games and flew kites as a form of game.
Well, television was invented and there were cinemas, and there was board games...
Card games, board games, computer games.
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Greece in 776 BCE.
Twister, Yahtzee, Scrabble, and Trouble was invented either in the 1970's or early 80's
Monopoly was invented in 1934 by Charles Darrow. Parker Brothers began publishing the game in 1935 after initially rejecting Darrow's idea.