![]() Keep in mind that there are different versions of the game and in Korea, Japan and China, the rules can vary from each other. Once they’ve lost all their chips this way, you’ll be declared the winner. Surround your opponent’s chips on two sides to trap them. The aim is to gain as much territory from the opponent as possible and have the board dominated by your chips. The players get a set of chips, one has white and one has black. It’s one of the oldest board games in the world and it was invented in China around four centuries ago. If you’re looking for an age old game, then “Go” is the right pick for you. The player with the most pieces in their base hole wins the game. Players need to get a piece into each hole until they can get into their base hole. The pieces include anything from pebbles, to seeds and marbles. The game is played with a variety of different tools, the ‘board’ can be made from hollowed out gourds of fruit and other items that are easy to get. It’s still played in these countries today. It’s a “sow the seeds” game and there have been traces of it found in Africa, Middle East and SouthEast Asia. However, it’s a common game which has a heap of variations. Mancala is a game that seems to have originated in Southern India, where there is a similar game called Pallankuzhi in Tamil. You may never have played Chinese Checkers, but it’s likely that you’ve seen the boards around people’s houses or in souvenir shops if you’ve ever travelled to Asia, where it is still an incredibly popular game. The first player to manage this feat is declared the winner. The goal of this game is for players to try and get all of their own pegs over to the opposite side of the board. This means that up to six players can play the game at the same time. The game is played on a star-shaped board that has six points. It is also a twist on an originally American game called Halma, which is how it got its legitimate name of sternhalma, or stern-halma. Its origins are not 100% known, but it’s long been presumed that the game was created in Germany as far back as 1892. Just to throw a spanner in the works, Chinese Checkers has pretty much nothing to do at all with China or the Checkers game that we know and love. ![]() These are just some of the best games from around the world that have been played for many years and are still popular today: Chinese Checkers ![]() We’re not talking PlayStation and video games here, but rather board games and other interactive pastimes that we would normally have been too busy to do if things hadn’t gone the way that they have this year. If we can thank 2020 for anything, it’s definitely that we rediscovered just how important it is to have indoor games that the whole family can enjoy.
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