To pass the time the ancient Greeks played various board and dice games which have been attested to in various sources.

Humans have entertained themselves with board games for thousands of years. Some, like chess and go, continue to be played ...

That made it unique among ancient board games, which tended to be two-player affairs, Crist says. The rules: Each player had six marblelike pieces and two lion-shaped pieces.

Many ancient board games have been discovered, but there are no rulebooks so we don't know how to play them. Now AI is bringing these games back to life by working out likely rules.

Board games have been a pastime for thousands of years. An ancient version of the modern game "Chutes and Ladders" had been thought to have Egyptian origins, but a new study suggests otherwise.

During an excavation in northwestern Spain, archaeologists unearthed a “very unusual” collection of ceramic objects. After careful analysis, they determined the pieces once composed an Iron ...

Researchers have proposed a possible set of rules for an ancient board game that dates back more than 4,000 years ago, ranking as one of the oldest in the world.

The discovery of artifacts associated with an ancient board game is offering clues about how humans interacted thousands of years ago. At various sites on the Abşeron Peninsula and Gobustan Reserve in ...

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.

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 … ...

Seattle Go Center opened in 1995 to teach and promote Go, an ancient strategy board game that historians estimate was invented in China 4,000 years ago.Go is a game of territory, which means ...