Home›Race Games›Skill or Luck›MixedBrowse ByMixedFactsMixedFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested3000 BCE 1MixedFilter Results40 entriesSportAllBoard Game (36)Card Game (1)Children's Game (1)Dice Game (4)Gambling Game (1)Strategy Game (2)Player CountAllLarge Group or Variable (2)Small Group (3-6 Players) (26)Two-Player (18)Origin RegionAllAsia (1)Austria (1)China (2)Finland (2)France (3)Germany (1)Greece (1)Italy (1)Mesoamerica (1)Mesopotamia (1)Netherlands (1)North Africa (1)North America (1)Spain (1)United Kingdom (2)United States (4)Origin YearAll-2600 (1)1573 (1)1634 (1)1860 (1)1896 (1)1907 (1)1927 (1)1929 (1)1935 (2)1938 (1)1951 (1)1955 (1)1960 (1)1965 (2)1967 (1)1972 (1)1979 (1)1982 (1)1986 (1)1987 (1)1991 (1)1992 (1)1996 (1)2000 (1)2003 (1)2004 (1)2019 (1)Derived FromAllLudo (2)Mille Bornes (1)Monopoly (2)Pachisi (2)Playing Time BandAll30 to 90 Minutes (3)Age SuitabilityAllChildren (1)Family (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 40Aeroplane chessMixedAfrikan tähtiMixedAuf AchseMixedBonkers! (game)MixedCamp GranadaMixedCareers (board game)MixedCartagena (board game)MixedCashflow 101MixedCoppitMixedDaldøsMixedDestination (game)MixedEscape from AtlantisMixedFireball IslandMixedFormula D (board game)MixedGhettopolyMixedGrass (card game)MixedJacquet (game)MixedKimble (board game)MixedLaquetMixedLudoMixedMensch ärgere Dich nichtMixedMonopolyMixedMs. MonopolyMixedOutrage! (game)MixedPachisiMixedPatolliMixedPlakotoMixedRoyal Game of UrMixedShengguan TuMixedSorry!MixedTâbMixedTables gameMixedThe Game of LifeMixedThe London GameMixedTotopolyMixedTourne caseMixedTrictracMixedTrouble (board game)MixedUckersMixedVerquereMixedFAQsWhy are Monopoly and Chinese Checkers grouped under Race Games?Monopoly and Chinese Checkers are placed here as a browsing convenience for their track-and-goal mechanics, not as a strict Parlett-family claim.Race Games covers games whose central mechanic is moving a piece along or across a track toward a destination, one of David Parlett's core traditional-game families, including Backgammon, Ludo, Parcheesi, Snakes and Ladders and Senet among others. Monopoly and Chinese Checkers are placed here too as a browsing convenience rather than a principled Parlett-family claim: Monopoly for its roll-and-move-around-a-track structure and Chinese Checkers for its move-pieces-across-a-board-to-a-goal structure, neither a traditional dice race in the strict sense.Sources1. Wikipedia: Backgammontier 2WikipediaBackgammon, Ancient history sectionQuote, Backgammon, Ancient history sectionThe history of board games can be traced back nearly 5,000 years to archaeological discoveries of the Jiroft culture, in Iran, the world's oldest game set having been discovered in the region with equipment comprising a dumbbell-shaped board, counters and dice.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.