Anagrams are in themselves a recreational activity, but they also make up part of many other games, puzzles and game shows.

* Snatch ( game ), or Anagrams, word game

When it was decided that Asteroids would be a vector game as well, Delman modified a Lunar Lander circuit board for Ed Logg.

Achilles and Ajax play a board game with knucklebones on this late 6th-century lekythos, a type of oil-storing vessel associated with funeral rites

Acquire is a board game designed by Sid Sackson.

The array on the game board is arranged with lettered rows ( A through I ) and numbered columns ( 1 through 12 ).

Any player may declare the game over at any time during his turn if either of two conditions is true: one chain has 41 or more tiles, or there is at least one chain on the board and every chain on the board has 11 or more tiles.

The game was short-listed for the first Spiel des Jahres board game awards in 1979.

French earthenware tray and board game, 1720 – 50

A board game is a game that involves counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or " board ", according to a set of rules.

Rules can range from the very simple, as in tic-tac-toe, to those describing a game universe in great detail, as in Dungeons & Dragons ( although most of the latter are role-playing games where the board is secondary to the game, helping to visualize the game scenario ).

Ancient Greece | Ancient Greek hoplite s playing a board game, ca.

Senet is the oldest board game known to have existed, and was pictured in a fresco found in Merknera's tomb ( 3300 – 2700 BC ).

* Mehen, another ancient board game from Predynastic Egypt

* Go, an ancient strategic board game originating in China

* Patolli, a board game originating in Mesoamerica played by the ancient Aztec

* c. 3000 BC: The Mehen board game from Predynastic Egypt, was played with lion-shaped game pieces and marbles.

* c. 1500 BC: Painting of board game at Knossos.