| Historically, people have been occupying their minds | | | | Chess - Chess ranks up there in one of the top |
| and their time with game that involve thought and | | | | positions in terms of its popularity. With each chess |
| strategy. Games like Go, Chess and Mahjong have | | | | piece having a different level of power, and ability to |
| been recorded in historical journals dating back | | | | move about the board it makes this game a |
| thousands of years. Even today, clubs and | | | | challenge to try and 'foresee' what will happen next. |
| competitions are carried out with participants from | | | | With the goal of capturing the opponents king being |
| every walk of life getting involved in the thrill of | | | | your ultimate goal, strategy is key to work play into |
| competition engaging in these classic styles of board | | | | a checkmate situation. |
| games. This entertainment is based on thinking, timing | | | | Cribbage - Some consider this more of a card game |
| and in some cases lucky. It can be a game of being | | | | than a board game. A board is used to help keep |
| able to 'read' your opponent or having them make an | | | | score however play is carried out with a deck of |
| error in judgment, not on proximity to an electrical | | | | cards. It is considered a card game for the thinker |
| outlet of having a pocket full of AA batteries. | | | | and little is based on luck. |
| There are literally hundreds of board games that | | | | Backgammon - Backgammon is one of the oldest |
| have been developed over the years on the market | | | | known strategy style games in history. Its rules and |
| today, perhaps thousands. The most popular and well | | | | goals make this another simple game to play, moving |
| known that hold the place at the top of the list of | | | | pieces from one side to another on the board. Some |
| strategy games include: Checkers, Chess, Cribbage, | | | | skill is involved, however a component of luck will |
| Backgammon, Sudoku and Go. | | | | factor into the outcome. |
| Checkers - Checkers is considered one of the easier | | | | Sudoku - Sudoku can be set up like a crossword |
| board games, and often thought of as a game | | | | puzzle or a board game with tiles containing numbers |
| children learn at an early age. In this respect it can be | | | | are placed on a grid. You need to fill in a grid with the |
| enjoyed by adults as well, looking for a challenge but | | | | numbers one through nine however the trick is, you |
| perhaps not too intense, more relaxing. You can | | | | can use the numbers only once in each section. |
| enjoy this strategy board game but leave the | | | | Thinking and planning are critical and its one of the |
| complicated rules of some of the other style of | | | | reasons why this challenge has become so widely |
| games for another day. | | | | popular. |