Few people, Mr. Barlow recounted, remembered their cultural connection to the invention of the world’s oldest board game. Hoshmand Mofaq, a local artist, designed and made prototype Ur boards ...

A board game dubbed “Hounds and Jackals” or “58 Holes” is believed to be the oldest in the world, with ancient versions found in multiple regions. A relatively new discovery of game boards ...

The oldest version of Hounds and Jackals discovered before now dates back to 2064–1952 BCE during the reign of Mentuhotep II, suggesting that the game originated in Egypt. The game board ...

AN ANCIENT board game believed to be the oldest in the world has striking similarities to a popular modern favourite. Dubbed Hounds & Jackals, this millennia-old pastime has long been believed to ...

Board games might involve a race to a finish line, as in Sorry! or that ubiquitous first board game for kids, Candyland. Or they might entail a strategic battle for dominance, as in chess or checkers.

In the 1970s, in a grave in a Bronze Age cemetery in Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran, an incredible object was unearthed next to a human skull: the oldest complete board game ever discovered. Around 4500 ...

African publisher Carry1st has turned Mancala, one of the world's oldest board games, into a mobile game. The game Mancala Adventures currently has over 500,000 downloads on Android. Mancala, an ...

Click here to see the best-selling board games in America The oldest game on the list – Monopoly (1935) – is also the best-selling board game of all time, with over 275 million units bought ...

The earliest version of the game ever found dates to the period between 2064 and 19552 BCE, during the reign of Mentuhotep II. But archaeologist Walter Crist found a gaming board near Gobustan ...