 Ancient Egyptian ivory game board in the exhibition of Tutankhamun's treasure in Paris (2019) A game is a structured form of play, usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements. However, the distinction is not clear-cut, and many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or games) or art (such as jigsaw puzzles or games involving an artistic layout such as Mahjong, solitaire, or some video games).
Games are sometimes played purely for enjoyment, sometimes for achievement or reward as well. They can be played alone, in teams, or online; by amateurs or by professionals. The players may have an audience of non-players, such as when people are entertained by watching a chess championship. On the other hand, players in a game may constitute their own audience as they take their turn to play. Often, part of the entertainment for children playing a game is deciding who is part of their audience and who is a player.
Key components of games are goals, rules, challenge, and interaction. Games generally involve mental or physical stimulation, and often both. Many games help develop practical skills, serve as a form of exercise, or otherwise perform an educational, simulational, or psychological role. (Full article...)
Pinball is a type of arcade game in which a player uses paddles (called flippers) to manipulate one or more balls inside a pinball machine. A pinball machine is a glass-covered cabinet containing a play field populated with lights, targets, bumpers, ramps, and various other objects depending on its design. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible by hitting targets and making various shots with the flippers, before all balls "drain" at an exit usually situated at the bottom of the play field. Most pinball games are divided into turns (referred to as "balls", having the same meaning as "lives" in video games). The game ends when all balls have ended. ( Full article...)
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Mamluk playing card (king of cups), c.15th century
Students using dice to improve numeracy skills. They roll three dice, then use basic math operations to combine those into a new number which they cover on the board. The goal is to cover four squares in the row.
An adventurer finds a teleportation portal while exploring a dungeon in the role-playing video game Falcon's Eye.
Royal Game of Ur, southern Iraq, about 2600-2400 BCE
Two Qataris playing the traditional board game of damah.
Han dynasty glazed pottery tomb figurines playing Liubo, with six sticks laid out to the side of the game board
Ancient Egyptian gaming board inscribed for Amenhotep III with separate sliding drawer, from 1390–1353 BC, made of glazed faience, dimensions: 5.5 × 7.7 × 21 cm, in the Brooklyn Museum (New York City)
The American board game Monopoly is licensed in 103 countries and printed in 37 languages.
Backgammon is a game of skill. Strategy can give players advantages, but there is also an element of chance.
Senet, one of the oldest known board games
Chinese mother-of-pearl gambling tokens used in scoring and bidding of card games.
Men Playing Board Games, from The Sougandhika Parinaya Manuscript
Tug of war is an easily organized, impromptu game that requires little equipment
Ancient Egyptian ivory game board in the exhibition of Tutankhamun's treasure in Paris (2019)
A group playing a tabletop RPG. The GM is at left using a cardboard screen to hide dice rolls from the players.
The number of board games published by year (1944–2017), as listed on BoardGameGeek. Expansion sets for existing games are marked in orange.
The Mansion of Happiness (1843)
The modern German board game Catan is printed in 30 languages and sold 15 million by 2009.
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