This document discusses the long history of board games, beginning with the ancient Egyptian game of Senet from 3100 BCE. It notes an early American racing game from 1822 called Travellers' Tour Through the United States. The document also references the wargaming hobby and family board games. It examines different physical components of games like tiles, dice, and boards. Finally, it explores variants of games across cultures and categories of games like race, space, and chase games.

3. A long, long history
Senet, 3,100 BCE

4. 1822: Travellers' Tour Through the United States
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3184/travellers-tour-through-united-states

5. Racing game
Spinner, not dice

8. Wargaming hobby

9. Family board games

10. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/22935596189/

12. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jon_a_ross/2390409390/

13. https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/123969/war-ring

15. Physical types
https://www.flickr.com/photos/derekbruff/33977920194/

16. https://www.flickr.com/photos/elsa4sound/3690492558/
Tiles

17. Dice
https://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/49787416416/

18. https://www.flickr.com/photos/derekbruff/33977920194/
Physical types

19. http://spigames.net/battle_of_monmouth1.htm

20. https://www.flickr.com/photos/126625072@N07/18462385354/

21. https://www.flickr.com/photos
/crackedmoon/321812801/

22. ADD HERE: Useful props
• Cribbage board for scoring

23. Variants across culture
https://www.flickr.com/photos/46123010@N04/49781408908/

24. Variants across culture
https://www.etsy.com/listing/802048149/coca-cola-wwii-airplane-spotter-playing

25. https://www.ebay.com
/itm/Iraqi-Most-
Wanted-Playing-Cards-
Iraq-War-Saddam-
Sealed-
NEW/324145550823

26. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/98409625/trump-personality-identification-playing-cards

27. Categories
•race games
•space games
•displacement games
•chase games
-after Stewart Woods