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Chess is an intellectual and entertaining game played between two players. Some unknown person gave this game to the intellectuals of the world in the fifth or sixth century. It is believed that this game is essentially the invention of India, whose ancient name was 'Chaturanga', which went UAE to Europe through India and then became popular and famous in the 15th - 16th century.

The Carrom is played on a square wooden board with holes in its four corners. It can play two, three or four players. In addition, a red or queen carrom is used, 9 white and 9 black Carrom men. There is a large striker that each player has to push the slings in one of the holes on the four corners of the carrom board. It originated in the Indian subcontinent.

The game of Saanp Seedhi is a game played on board. This game is very popular among children. It was invented in India. In India it was called 'Mokshpatam' or 'Param Padam'. Earlier it was used to teach children the basic principles of Hindu religion. The British named it 'Snakes and Ladders'. It is believed that Saint Gyaneshwar had invented it during the thirteenth century. But according to some sources, its roots go up to the second century BC.

Draughts is very ancient game. Its ancient name is Checkers. This was a very favorite game of Greek and Roman people. Its popularity can be estimated by the fact that the pictures of the board of this game have been seen in many places in Roman's historic buildings.

Ouija board or witches board is a flat surface wood with letters, numbers or other symbols on it and a movable gauge is placed. It was created to be used as a method of necromancy or communication with spirit, consider followers of spiritism as an aid to contact spirits.

Monopoly is a board game based on the exchange and purchase of real estate (usually inspired by the names of the streets of a certain city), nowadays produced by the American company Hasbro of Rhode Island. Monopoly is one of the best-selling commercial board games in the world.

The Ludo is a board game for children, bringing together two to four players. The goal is to have the four pawns go around the circuit and bring them home before the other players. The Ludo is a descendant of Pachisi and Parcheesi.

The Scrabble is a board and word game where the objective is to collect points on the basis of random letters prints, creating words on a square grid. Scrabble is very popular with family and friends, but also on the Internet. It is also practiced in clubs and in competition.

Pictionary is a famous board game created by Robert Angel that consists in guessing a word through a drawing made on paper. The player or team guessing more words or phrases wins.

Travel Go is a fun board game, based on worldwide tour, which was manufactured by Waddingtons Ltd from 1961 onwards.

Quoridor is a strategy game for two or four people by Mirko Marchesi. It appeared in 1997 in various countries by the game publisher FX Schmid, Gigamic and the Great American Trading Company. The game was awarded in 1997 with the Mensa Select, a prize awarded annually by the American Mensa to five board games.

The game is sold in the United States under the name Downfall ("fall"). It's called New Downfall in the UK ("New Fall"); this new version has the same rules but has a more futuristic design, alternating red and yellow. It is distributed by Hasbro. It has also been sold under different names in other countries. Thus, in Italy, the game is published under the name of Cascadix, while it is named Slotter in Germany and Onderuit in the Netherlands. In 1994, the game was awarded the Mensa Select which rewards the best puzzle games. The game box graphics are parodied on the cover of the Expert Knob Twiddlers album by Aphex Twin and Mike Paradinas.