An ancient "arcade" of game boards carved into rock has been discovered by an archaeologist and paleoanthropologist from Yale University in Kenya. The researcher, Veronica Waweru, noticed rows of ...

Nearly half a century after its discovery, researchers from the United Kingdom and Iran proposed a set of rules for a ...

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

The Royal Game of Ur is a 5000-year old Mesopotamian strategy board game which is wonderfully easy to learn. Download free for iPad the high-quality reconstruction of a game board from 2600 B.C., ...

Board games have long been a favored pastime, even thousands of years ago. The ancient game called "Hounds and Jackals," also called "58 Holes," has long been thought to have originated in Egypt. An ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As the world converges on Paris for the 33rd Olympiad, it’s a reminder of the ancient heritage of the Olympic movement. It starts with the term “Olympiad.” It was how the ...

With an intensive athletes’ boot camp and the threat of execution for unwelcome spectators, the Greek sporting event was a serious affair Sonja Anderson - Daily Correspondent From the real reason ...

Andrew is a science-fiction/adventure-horror writer from the UK and a graduate of Falmouth University currently working for both GameRant and DualShockers. At ...

Board games might involve a race to a finish line, as in Sorry! or that ubiquitous first board game for kids, Candyland. Or they might entail a strategic battle for dominance, as in chess or checkers.

Lucas is a writer and narrative designer from Argentina with over 15 years of experience writing for games and news. He keeps a watchful eye at the gaming world and loves to write about the hottest ...

The ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 B.C. — -- The Olympic Games that we know and celebrate today stem from events held thousands of years ago in Ancient Greece. The first recorded ...