What were the first board games?

The Egyptian game Senet. Public Domain . The first evidence of the game Mehen is as old as 3,000 BC. It was very popular during the Old Kingdom, and remained prevalent at least until the Third Intermediate Period. Mehen was played on a board which looks like a snail shell at first glance, but actually represents a snake. read more

While board games were in Asian society long before 400 BC, they were largely interpretations of Middle Eastern games. Liubo was the first board game to break this habit (followed shortly after by “Go”) to become the first game developed by the Eastern world. read more

Senet is the oldest known board game (3500 b.c.) Of games still widely played today, Backgammon is from around ~3000 b.c. The game of Go and Pachishi Parcheesi being the modern westernized variant) from around 500 b.c. read more