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Ancient Egyptian senet game board inscribed for Amenhotep III with separate sliding drawer, from 1390 to 1353 BC, made of glazed faience, dimensions: 5.5 × 7.7 × 21 cm, in the Brooklyn Museum (New York City).

A game is a structured type of play usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or video games) or art (such as games involving an artistic layout such as mahjong, solitaire, or some video games).

There are many types of games; popular formats include board games, video games, online games, and card games. Games can be played in a variety of circumstances, and some can be played even without any materials or company. Games can be played either for enjoyment or for competition; they can be played alone or in teams; they can be played offline or online.

In a notable, competitive setting, players may have an audience to watch them play. Examples of games that generally draw audiences are chess championships, e-sports, and professional sports. (Full article...)

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A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards. The genre was introduced with Magic: The Gathering in 1993.

Cards in CCGs are specially designed sets of playing cards. Each card represents an element of the theme and rules of the game, and each can fall in categories such as creatures, enhancements, events, resources, and locations. All cards within the CCG typically share the same common backside art, while the front has a combination of proprietary artwork or images to embellish the card along with instructions for the game and flavor text. CCGs are typically themed around fantasy or science fiction genres, and have also included horror themes, cartoons, and sports, and may include licensed intellectual properties. (Full article...)

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Did you know? -

...that Tom Hanks was in a 1982 TV movie called Mazes and Monsters about a group of college students and their interest in the eponymous role-playing game?
...that the golden age of arcade video games began with the release of Space Invaders in 1978?
...that the most famous boardwalk in the United States is probably the one in Atlantic City, New Jersey, thanks to its association with the Monopoly board game?
...that Pepsi offered a Harrier fighter jet in their Pepsi Billion Dollar Sweepstakes game and the Pepsi Stuff game?
...that 1956 was the first time when a computer was able to play a chess-like game, Los Alamos chess (pictured)?

General images

The following are images from various game-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Ancient Egyptian senet game board inscribed for Amenhotep III with separate sliding drawer, from 1390 to 1353 BC, made of glazed faience, dimensions: 5.5 × 7.7 × 21 cm, in the Brooklyn Museum (New York City). (from Game)
Image 2Parcheesi is an American adaptation of a Pachisi, originating in India. (from Game)
Image 3MUD interface for Furcadia (from Role-playing game)
Image 4Mamluk playing card (king of cups), c. 15th century (from Card game)
Image 5The board game Monopoly is licensed in 103 countries and printed in 37 languages. (from Board game)
Image 6Tug of war is an easily organized, impromptu game that requires little equipment. (from Game)
Image 7Backgammon is a game of skill. Strategy can give players advantages, but there is also an element of chance. (from Game of skill)
Image 8A fantasy LARP group (from Role-playing game)
Image 9An adventurer finds a teleportation portal while exploring a dungeon in the role-playing video game Falcon's Eye. (from Role-playing game)
Image 10The Card Players, 17th-century painting by Theodoor Rombouts (from Card game)
Image 11In gin rummy, players assemble groups of the same rank, or runs within a suit (from Card game)
Image 12 Men Playing Board Games, from The Sougandhika Parinaya Manuscript (from Board game)
Image 13Association football is a popular sport worldwide.
Image 14Two Qataris playing the traditional board game of damah (from Board game)
Image 15Historically, card games such as whist and contract bridge were opportunities for quiet socializing, as shown in this 1930s magic lantern slide photo taken in Seattle, Washington. (from Card game)
Image 16A selection of pieces from different games. From top: Chess pawns, marbles, Monopoly tokens, dominoes, Monopoly hotels, jacks and checkers pieces. (from Game)
Image 17Happy Families cards (from Card game)
Image 18A group playing a tabletop RPG. The GM is at left using a cardboard screen to hide dice rolls from the players. (from Role-playing game)
Image 19This timeline was made with information from the Wikipedia articles on Board Game, Hasbro, Board Game Cafe, Tabletop Simulator, and Monopoly. All information on this timeline was from those Wikipedia pages as they were on November 24th, 2024 (from Board game)
Image 20A ball-in-a-maze puzzle requires fine motor skills. (from Game of skill)
Image 21Painting in tomb of Egyptian queen Nefertari (1295–1255 BC) playing senet (from Board game)
Image 22The modern German board game Catan is printed in 30 languages and sold 15 million by 2009. (from Board game)
Image 23Playing Cards, by Theodoor Rombouts, 17th century
Image 24Chinese mother-of-pearl gambling tokens used in scoring and bidding of card games (from Card game)
Image 25Students in Laos using dice to improve numeracy skills. They roll three dice, then use basic math operations to combine those into a new number which they cover on the board. The goal is to cover four squares in the row. (from Game)
Image 26The number of board games published by year (1944–2017), as listed on BoardGameGeek. Expansion sets for existing games are marked in orange. (from Board game)
Image 27Preferans, a trick-taking card game version popular in Croatia (from Card game)
Image 28Mehen game with game stones, from Abydos, Egypt, 3000 BC, Neues Museum (from Board game)
Image 29The Card Players by Lucas van Leyden (1520) depicting a multiplayer card game (from Game)
Image 30Young girls playing a board game in the Iisalmi library in Finland, 2016 (from Board game)