If you're stuck for something to play with family members or friends, why not the ancient board game found in Shahr-i Sokhta in southeastern Iran? Almost 50 years after it was dug up in 1977, experts ...

I assume the whole concept was corrupted in the popular imagination just like Monopoly. It's supposed to be a stinging indictment of the 58 Holes. You're not supposed to root for the Holes, people.

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 ...

Scrabble is one of the oldest board games around. The beloved word game was invented in 1938, and it’s still played today—whether online or on coffee tables. But according to Mattel, the makers of ...

Long before the age of video games, any kind of game-based enjoyment that didn’t involve a ball or a stick typically took place on the kitchen table. Board games have been around for thousands of ...