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For Grown Ups Board games were always some of my favorite things when I was a kid. It started when I was fairly young after the first time I played Candyland. I was completely sold on playing board games after I won. From there it led to more difficult and thrilling games like Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit. Now, as an adult, I still love the excitement that comes from breaking out a game...
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One of America’s best loved games is Scrabble. Scrabble is a word game for two to four players, who score points by forming words from tiles with letters on them, on a game board marked with a grid of 15-by-15 squares. During game play, words can be formed across and down. The words resemble a crossword puzzle as they begin to fill out the board. All words used must appear in a...
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Mancala (which means “alarm“) is an ancient game with roots as deep as the Acacia tree. Some of the earliest artifacts suggestive of the game include fragments of a pottery board and a number of rock cuts found in Aksumite Ethiopia (in Matara and Yeha,) which have been dated to between the 6th and 7th century AD by archaeologists. Mancala also may have been referenced...
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Among the many myths of the origin of mahjong is one suggesting that the Chinese philosopher Confucius invented the game in about 500 BC. The three dragon tiles are believed to be aligned with the three cardinal virtues touted by Confucius. Hóng Zhōng, it is believed, represented benevolence, sincerity, and filial piety, in that order. This myth also asserts that Confucius, being...
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