Board games as we know them emerged out of the Victorian Era, even though nearly every ancient culture around the world had developed its own strategy and luck games. Many of these original games inspired the games people still play today, including chess, checkers, backgammon, dice, dominoes, marbles, carroms, Mahjong, and Parcheesi. In the 19th century, however, industrialization and the rise of the middle class led to more leisure time,...Continue Reading