Board Games - Did you Know?
History of Board Games Do you play board games ? It proves to be an interesting game that is played in many countries where it is drawn in the sand and then played with pebbles as counters that does not use dice in this game. When it comes to the history of board games, the first use dates back to prehistoric times of over 7000 years where this board games were found in Iran in 5500 BC. It should be noted that it was in tombs where many old games have been found. It was in the early 3000BC that Egyptians used mud gaming boards. It was in an Egyptian tomb that showed 2 players with pegs headed with either wolfs or dogs in 2800BC. It was found that due to the use of dice, both skill as well as luck was involved in this game. It has been believed that it was in 1400BC that Palamades of Greece invented the dice. If you thought that dices were always in the form of cube then you are wrong as it was not always made in this shape as in Egypt the stone dice which w...