Risk might be an ideal board game for those who fantasise about gaining supreme political power and Monopoly may be beneficial training for anyone wanting to acquire wealth and shed what remains of ...

If a Game Boy was a part of your childhood, you were probably more than once dreaming of spending your entire school day with it. Well, they had to wait a few more years for that, but eventually ...

The first mass produced board game dates back to the 16 Century, a simple [dice] 'roll and move' game for children called Game of the Goose, very similar to Snakes and Ladders. Snakes and Ladders ...

The media can nudge some players onto the snakes or the ladders ... this political board is subject to public scrutiny. Adding to the irony, the VP’s refusal to change the game’s name to ...

Other versions of the game include the German Leiterspiel, which used pictures of circus animals. Fragment of a Snakes and Ladders Board, Image courtesy of Wellcome Collection Today, contemporary ...