Game History

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Across
  1. 7. 1995 board game that sparked the Eurogame revolution
  2. 8. The precursor to Monopoly, designed to critique capitalism
  3. 10. Card game invented in 1970s that involves matching colors and numbers
  4. 11. Ancient Egyptian board game believed to represent the soul’s journey through the afterlife
  5. 14. Ancient Indian game that evolved into modern chess
  6. 16. This game uses a spiral board shaped like a snake
  7. 17. First video game to feature true 3D graphics
  8. 19. Tabletop RPG that faced moral panic in the 1980s
  9. 20. This game’s pieces were used to smuggle escape tools during WWII
Down
  1. 1. Popular sandbox game where players build with blocks
  2. 2. Puzzle game shown to reduce PTSD flashbacks
  3. 3. The first coin-operated arcade game, based on Spacewar!
  4. 4. Ancient Roman combat sport held in the Colosseum
  5. 5. First published crossword puzzle appeared in this newspaper in 1913
  6. 6. First mobile phone game, featured on Nokia in 1997
  7. 9. Viral daily word puzzle launched in 2021
  8. 12. This game’s 2014 battle cost players an estimated $300,000
  9. 13. Word game created by Alfred Butts in 1938
  10. 15. First Olympic Games were held in this country
  11. 18. Strategic territory game from China still played today