Ancient Era
This ancient game uses small stones or seeds that are moved between cups or holes.
Mancala
This game spread across continents and changed over time to reflect the cultures that played it.
Chess
In the Game of the Goose the board is usually shaped like this.
Spiral
This man is famous for creating one of the first board game companies in the United States.
Milton Bradley
Board games often bring people together by encouraging this activity.
Social Interaction
This ancient Chinese board game uses black and white stones.
Go
This piece moves in an “L” shape and can jump over other pieces.
Knight
Landing on a goose space usually lets the player do this.
Move Forward Again
Before making board games, Milton Bradley worked with this type of machine that made pictures and designs.
Printing Press
Board games were sometimes used to teach this skill needed for leadership and war.
Strategy
This valuable gemstone was used as board game pieces in the ancient era.
Diamonds
This color always moves first in a chess game.
White
These special spaces change what happens to a player’s turn.
Action Spaces
This modern board game was later inspired by Bradley’s original idea about life and choices.
The Game of Life
Families have used board games to pass these down.
Traditions/Values/Culture
This ancient Egyptian board game used squares, throwing sticks or bones, and had religious meaning.
Senet
This country has dominated international chess competitions for most of the 20th century.
Russia
The Game of the Goose is supposed to teach lessons about and represent this.
Life
What change in society caused board games to boom in the 20th C.
Industrialization/ Industrial Revolution
When games change over time, they show how cultures do this too.
Evolve/Adapt
This racing game was played in ancient Mesopotamia around 2600 BCE using 20 squares.
The Royal Game of Ur
This ancient Indian game is the ancestor of modern chess.
Chaturanga
The Game of the Goose was first played in this continent.
Europe
After establishing his board game company Milton Bradley focused on making games to help children.
Learn/ Education
Some board games show social class differences because only wealthy people could afford these.
Expensive Game Boards/Pieces