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

board and Monopoly
While there has been a fair amount of scientific research on the psychology of older board games ( e. g., chess, go, mancala ), less has been done on contemporary board games such as Monopoly, Scrabble, and Risk.
Dice are frequently used to randomize moves in board games, usually by deciding the distance through which a piece will move along the board ; examples of this are backgammon and Monopoly.
Equipment may be necessary to play the game such as a deck of cards for card games, or a board and markers for board games such as Monopoly, or backgammon.
* 1935 – The classic board game Monopoly is invented.
Monopoly is an American board game published by Parker Brothers.
By 1934, a board game called Monopoly had been created which formed the basis of the game sold by Parker Brothers and its parent companies through the rest of the 20th century, and into the 21st.
The Monopoly game board consists of forty spaces containing twenty-eight properties ( twenty-two colored streets, four railway stations and two utilities ), three Chance spaces, three Community Chest spaces, a Luxury Tax space, an Income Tax space, and the four corner squares: GO, ( In ) Jail / Just Visiting, Free Parking, and Go to Jail.
* November 5 – Parker Brothers releases the board game Monopoly.
In another board game published by USAopoly called The Simpsons Monopoly, based on Monopoly and released in 2001, the dog is featured as one of the six pewter playing pieces.
Their signature shell was included as a player piece in the Nintendo version of the Monopoly board game.
Liverpool Street is one of the four railway stations on the Monopoly board, first introduced in the early 20th century.
Margate is a popular Jersey Shore destination, especially during the summer, and is the home of Lucy the Elephant, a wooden elephant, and of Marven Gardens, of Monopoly board game fame.
The railroad is one of the four railroad properties in the classic United States version of the Monopoly board game.
The retrieved Monopoly board used by the robbers at their Leatherslade Farm hideout, as well as a genuine £ 5 note from the robbery, are on display at the Thames Valley Police museum in Sulhamstead, Berkshire.
* Jail ( Monopoly ), a space on the board game Monopoly
From 1976 to 1985, General Mills went to court as the parent company of Parker Brothers, which held the rights on the brand name and gaming idea of the board game Monopoly, claiming that the so called Anti-Monopoly game of an economics professor infringed their trademark.
Instead, it plays very much like Itadaki Street, Wily & Right no RockBoard: That's Paradise, or a simplified version of Monopoly: players take turns in moving around a board, the spaces of which are designated as different territories of Japan.
* The station is a property on the British version of the Monopoly board game.
Further, in most games, it would be unacceptable to offer another player real currency in order to have them play a certain way ( e. g., in a game of Monopoly between friends, offering another player a real dollar in exchange for a property on the board ); and for this to be necessary or valuable may indicate a Kingmaker scenario within the game.

board and Junior
-- The board of regents of Paris Junior College has named Dr. Clarence Charles Clark of Hays, Kan. as the school's new president.
* Bernotas ( Formerly North Junior High, now named after a longtime principal ) was built as North Junior High in 1969 and In 2003, the board of education approved a name change to Richard F. Bernotas Middle School-North Middle Campus.
Various types of staff officer positions may exist on board a ship, including Junior Assistant Purser, Senior Assistant Purser, Purser, Chief Purser, Medical Doctor, Professional Nurse, Marine Physician Assistant, and Hospital Corpsman.
* Monopoly Junior, a simplified version of the board game Monopoly
Junior owned a controlling interest in the company ( 40 % of its stock ) and sat on the board as an absentee director.
This led to a successful spin off of Super Blockbusters, Junior Blockbusters board game and Gold Run.
Allison has served as President of the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation, as President of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, a Director of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and board member of Junior Achievement in Niagara.
Following a dispute with the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League president and with the support of several other owners, Hunter formed the Western Canadian Hockey League ( now the Western Hockey League ) in 1967 with Hunter becoming the first chairman of the WCHL board.
In 1896, he became a trustee on the board of the George Junior Republic, a self-governing youth colony, and soon its chairman, just in time to lead a campaign to prevent New York State from shutting it down.
His best results include first in the 1998 Asian Championship, second in the World Junior Chess Championship in 1999, first at Essen 2001, first at Pamplona 2002 ( winning a blitz playoff against Victor Bologan after both had finished the main tournament on 3. 5 / 6 ), first with 8 / 9 at the Vlissingen Open 2003, joint first with Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu with 6 / 9 at Pune 2005, a bronze-medal winning 9. 5 / 12 performance on board one for his country at the 2000 Chess Olympiad and runner-up in the FIDE Chess World Cup in 2002 ( losing to Viswanathan Anand in the final ).
In 2003, Gigamic and Blue Orange Games released Gobblet Junior, a version of the game for younger players, which is played on a 3 × 3 board.
In 1974, Hwa Chong Junior College was established at the Bukit Timah Road campus of The Chinese High School, and was run by the same management board as the high school.
The court decided the election of members of the board of trustees was not equivalent to general elections and the issues addressed in Kramer v. Union School District and Hadley v. Junior College District of Kansas City were not germane.
Hwa Chong Junior College, now HCI's college section, was established in 1974 at the Bukit Timah campus of The Chinese High School as a separate pre-university education institution, but under the same management board.
Known originally as Fort Smith Junior College, the institution operated within the Fort Smith public school system until 1950, when the school was incorporated as a private, nonprofit institution with its own governing board.
Monopoly Junior is a simplified version of the board game Monopoly, aimed at young children.
In 1971, the Newfoundland Amateur Hockey Association jumped on board by allowing their provincial Junior champion to compete in the Centennial Cup playdowns.
Junior officer is to be always on board.
Dealey was commissioned an Ensign and reported for sea duty on board, where he was promoted in June 1933 to Lieutenant Junior Grade.
They currently operate in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association and play in green and white hooped strips ( uniforms ), It is a little known fact that the " hoops " often described as " Celtic Strips " because of their affiliation to Celtic, were actually worn by " The Ants " since their founding in 1902, whereas their more illustrious counterparts didn't start wearing them until 1903, after one of the Celtic board took a shine to them whilst watching " The Ants " playing.
The board of directors hired Becky Jo Peterson, formerly chair of the California Junior Miss program, as the new executive director.
While playing in the NAHL, all player expenses minus room and board are paid for by the team ; this is similar to some of the lower Junior B teams in Canada.
It was followed by Junior Labyrinth ( 1995 ), a simplified version on a smaller board with fewer items to find ; Secret Labyrinth ( 1998 ), a version on a circular board with simplified combat ; the Labyrinth Card Game ( 2000 ); 3-D Labyrinth ( 2002 ), a version with a plastic 3D board ; Lord of the Rings Labyrinth, a book / movie themed version ; and in 2005 Labyrinth Treasure Hunt, a version which features simultaneous play.

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