History of Board Games

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  1. 4. Greek word which means ‘dice’.
  2. 6. Was first played during the Qing Dynasty in China.
  3. 7. An Egyptian board game that is in the shape of a coiled snake.
  4. 8. A popular West African game of calculation and strategy.
  5. 10. An American board game that was created in 1903 inspired the creation of ‘Monopoly’.
  6. 12. The direction a counter moves in Gioco dell'Oca.
  7. 14. The rules of the Game of Ur were written on this by a Babylonian astronomer.
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  1. 1. The Game of Goose was gifted to him by Duke Francesco de Medici.
  2. 2. A board game that was developed over 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
  3. 3. The central squares of the Game of Ur served another purpose. What is it?
  4. 5. The square on a Pachisi which worked as a start and finish point.
  5. 6. The occupation that represents the start of sugoroku.
  6. 9. Which culture strongly influenced the Lewis Chessmen?
  7. 11. A material used to replace dice in the game of senet.
  8. 13. A card game that is similar in practice with mahjong.