Timeline of board games
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Updated: 8 Oct 2018
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Created byPeyton Catchpole-Maskell
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(3500 BC) Senet is made in Egypt(1400 BC) Palamedes invented dice(200 BC) Snakes and ladders is created in India(1935) Charles Darrow become first board-game millionaire after Monopoly become best-selling game of the year(1943) Snakes and ladders brought to US by Milton Bradley as "Chutes and Ladders"(1957) The very first computer program to play a full game of chess is developed(1977) Chess computer (Chess 4.6) is successful at major chess tournament(1931) Pen and paper version of Battleship first introduced(2011) Film adaptation of Battleships is created(600 BC) Chess first played in Indian subcontinent(1365) First 4-suit deck of cards is created in Europe(1903) Elizabeth Magie creates the first version of The Landlord's Game as a protest to monopoly laws in the US(1977) Gary Gygax begins work on the first edition of Dungeons & Dragons(1999) Hasbro buys Wizards Of The Coast
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