| Alquerque |
The ancient ancestor of Draughts.
Spanish mispronunciation of the Arabic 'Quirkat'. |
| American Four-ball Billiards |
An old US derivative of Billiards, the mother of many of the modern
US Pool games |
| Ashtapada |
Ancient Indian race game. It's board of 64 squares was used for
Shaturanga, the first
known game of the Chess family |
| Aunt Sally |
A pub game in which players throw batons at a wooden skittle known
as a doll |
| Awari |
Another name for Wari, a game of the Mancala
family played widely across East Africa and the Caribbean |
| Ayo |
Nigerian game of the Mancala
family |
| Baccarat |
Popular, high-class, high-stakes Casino card game. |
| Backgammon |
Evolved from Ancient Egyptian Senet. |
| Badminton |
An modern competitive version of Battledore
and Shuttlecock |
| Badok |
Alternative spelling of Pa-tok or Paduk, the Korean name for Go |
| Bagatelle |
Pub game of the Billiards family that spawned the smaller children's
Bagatelle that in turn evolved into Pinball and Pachinko |
| Bao |
East African game of the Mancala
family |
| Balkline |
A game of the Carom Billiards family |
| Bar Billiards |
A pub game of the Billiards
family imported from Belgium |
| Bat and Trap |
A bat and ball pub game from
Kent. A relative of Cricket. |
| Battledore and Shuttlecock |
A game in which a shuttlecock is hit backwards and forwards between
to players with bats |
| Billiards |
A game in which two white and a red ball are knocked around a table
and into corner pockets using cues. |
| Bowls |
A game in which heavy balls are rolled on a lawn at a smaller ball |
| Bunnock |
A version of Kubb from Russia |
| Burmese Chess |
Another name for Sittuyin, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Canoga |
Reportedly, another name for the pub dice game, Shut
the Box |
| Cards |
As in Playing Cards. |
| Carom Billiards |
A generic term for games of the Billiards family played on tables
without pockets. |
| Carrom |
An Asian table game where the object is to knock disks into corner
holes by flicking a striker disk. |
| Carums |
An alternative spelling of Carrom,
an Asian table game |
| Chausar |
Pachisi played with long dice |
| Checkers |
American name for Draughts |
| Chess |
International Chess, a modern form
of Shatranj |
| Chinese Chess |
Another name for Xiang Qi,
a modern form of Shatranj |
| Cholo |
Another name for Soro, a game of the Mancala
family. |
| Circular Chess |
An early variant of the Chess family |
| Continental Draughts |
The internationally recognised version of Draughts.
Played on a 10 x 10 board. Also called Polish Draughts. |
| Continuous Pool |
A direct descendant of Fifteen-ball pool of the US
Pool family |
| The Courier Game |
An early Chess variant played on
an extended 12 x 8 chequered board |
| Court Tennis |
American name for Tennis also
known as Real Tennis or Royal Tennis |
| Cows and Leopards |
A Sri Lankan game of the Tafl family |
| Crib |
A shortened term for the pub card game Cribbage |
| Cribbage |
A pub card game in which the score is kept using a Cribbage board |
| Cricket |
A game of the bat and ball family
originally associated with the English pub but now and international
sport. |
| Crokinole |
A game of the Squails family played on an octahedral table from
British Columbia |
| Crooky |
Irish ancestor of Croquet |
| Croquet |
A game in which coloured balls are knocked through hoops on a lawn
using mallets |
| Crown Green Bowls |
A version of Bowls played on a
square lawn which is slightly higher in the middle than at the edges |
| Curling |
A winter version of Bowls played
on ice |
| Dames |
A later name for Fierges which is just Alquerque
played on a Chess board |
| Dart and Target |
A precursor to the pub game of Darts |
| Darts |
A pub game in which small pointed projectiles are thrown at a round
board on the wall |
| Deck Quoits |
A form of Quoits played on the
deck of a passenger ship |
| Devil amongst the Tailors |
Another name for Table Skittles, an indoor version of Skittles |
| Dominoes |
Generic term for games played with tiles |
| Draughts |
English modern variant of Alquerque
played on a Chess board. |
| Edris A Jin |
An elaborate game from Syria of the same 'cross and circle race
game' family as Pachisi |
| Eight-ball Pool |
The version of Pool most popular in English pubs. One of the
US Pool family |
| Fanorona |
Modern Madagascan form of Alquerque
|
| Ferses |
Another name for Fierges which is just Alquerque
played on a Chess board. Early version of Draughts |
| Fierges |
Alquerque played on a Chess
board. Early version of Draughts |
| Fifteen-ball Pool |
A derivative of American Four-ball Billiards and the ancestor of
all US Pool games |
| Fox and Geese |
A game of the Tafl family |
| Freystafl |
A game of the Tafl family which
some suggest is Fox and Geese |
| Gabata |
A game of the Mancala family |
| Gorodki |
A Russian game of the Kubb family. |
| The Game of Thirty Squares |
Another name for Senet, possibly the oldest ancestor of Backgammon |
| The Game of Twenty Squares |
An ancient Egyptian game which appears to be a descended from an
ancient Sumerian game. |
| The Generals Game |
Another name for Shogi, a
modern form of Shatranj
|
| Go |
Japanese name for Wei Qi, an abstract aesthetic oriental game in
which the aim is to surround territory. |
| Hit and Scream |
Another name for Badminton, a modern competitive version of Battledore
and Shuttlecock |
| Hnefatafl |
An ancient Icelandic game of the Tafl
family. |
| Horseshoe pitching |
A game thought to be the precursor to Quoits
in which horseshoes are thrown at a stake in the ground |
| Igo |
Another name for Go, the Japanese
name for Wei Qi |
| Indoor Quoits |
A form of Quoits in which smaller
rings are thrown at hooks on a wall |
| International Chess |
A modern form of Shatranj
|
| Japanese Chess |
Another name for Shogi, a
modern form of Shatranj
|
| Jeu De Paume |
Frence name for Tennis also known
as Real Tennis or Royal Tennis |
| Jeu Force |
The original French name for English Draughts. |
| Karom |
An alternative spelling of Carrom,
an Asian table game |
| Karum |
An alternative spelling of Carrom,
an Asian table game |
| Kings Table |
Another name for Hnefatafl, an ancient Icelandic game of the Tafl
family |
| Knur and Spell |
A bat and ball game commonly
associated with inns and taverns |
| Korean Chess |
A modern form of Shatranj |
| Kubb |
A Scandinavian game that is a bit like a cross between skittles
and tennis. |
| Kyykkä |
A Scandinavian game similar to Kubb |
| Lawn Bowls |
A game in which heavy balls are rolled on a lawn at a smaller ball |
| Lawn Tennis |
A version of Tennis played on a Lawn |
| Le Jeu Plaisant De Dames |
A more modern name for Fierges of the Alquerque
family. English Draughts
without the huffing rule. |
| Ludo |
A modern version of Pachisi,
the national game of India - an ancient race game. |
| Mah Jong |
Chinese Tile game now played around the world. Alternative
spelling Mah Jongg. |
| Mak-ruk |
Siamese Chess, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Mancala |
Generic term for African games played with stones or seeds on a
board consisting of rows of hollows. |
| Mangola |
A game of the Mancala family |
| Merels |
Another name for Nine Mens
Morris |
| Mill |
Another name for Nine Mens
Morris |
| Moksha-Patamu |
Ancient Indian race game which the Victorians copied to create Snakes
and Ladders |
| Morris |
Another name for Nine Mens
Morris |
| Mulabalaba |
A game of the Mancala family |
| Nine Ball |
A game of the US Pool family |
| Nine Mens Morris |
Ancient game where the objective is simply to get three pegs or
stones in a row |
| Nine Pins |
An alternative name for the pub game Skittles |
| Nyout |
A game from Korea of the same 'cross and circle race game' family
as Pachisi |
| One Pocket |
A old game of the US Pool family
|
| Oware |
Ghanan game of the Mancala family |
| Pachisi |
The national game of India - an ancient race game. |
| Paduk |
Korean name for Go. Also Pa-dok
or Baduk. |
| Parchisi |
Alternative spelling of Pachisi,
the national game of India - an ancient race game. |
| Pancha Keliyaand |
A game from Ceylon of the same 'cross and circle race game' family
as Pachisi |
| Paille Maille |
The original name of Pall Mall, a game of the Croquet
family |
| Pall Mall |
A game of the Croquet family
which gave it's name to the famous London Street |
| Parcheesi |
Modern American version of Pachisi,
the national game of India - an ancient race game. |
| Pa-tok |
Korean name for Go. Also Paduk
or Baduk. |
| Pichnotte |
The French Canadian name for Crokinole,
a Canadian Table game |
| Plaisant |
An alternative shortened name for Le Jeu Plaisant De Dames, a precursor
to Draughts of the Alquerque
family |
| Playing Cards |
The equipment used for thousands of similar games played worldwide. |
| Poker |
A very fashionable American gambling Card game of bluff. |
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| Polish Draughts |
The internationally recognised version of Draughts.
Played on a 10 x 10 board. Also called Continental Draughts. |
| Pool |
1. An English game for multiple players played on a Billiards
table. 2. A generic term for the modern US
Pool family |
| Puff and Dart |
A precursor to Darts in which darts
were blown through a tube at a board on the wall |
| Push Penny |
An earlier version of Shove
Ha'penny |
| Pyramid |
A game played on a Billiards
table in which the objective is to pot 15 red balls using the white
ball. |
| Quirkat |
The Arabic name for Alquerque
|
| Quoits |
A pub game in which metal rings are thrown at a pole sticking up
out of a bed of clay |
| Real Tennis |
Modern name for Tennis |
| Ringing the Bull |
A pub game a metal ring dangling from the ceiling on a rope is swung
onto a metal hook on the wall. |
| Roulette |
Extremely popular gambling game wherein a ball is rolled around
a dish and bets are made on which number division it will come to
rest in. |
| Royal Game of Ur |
The name often used to denote a game played in ancient Sumeria and
more recently in ancient Egypt. |
| Royal Tennis |
Modern name for Tennis |
| Sadeqa |
A game of the Mancala family |
| Shatranj |
The mother of all the modern variants of the Chess family |
| Shaturanga |
The earliest known ancestor of the Chess family |
| Siamese Chess |
Mak-ruk, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Shiang Chi |
Alternative spelling of Xiang
Qi, Chinese Chess, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Siang K'i |
Alternative spelling of Xiang
Qi, Chinese Chess, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Sittuyin |
Burmese Chess, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Sixty-one Pool |
Another name for Fifteen-ball Pool, the ancestor of the US
Pool family |
| Shogi |
Japanese Chess, a modern form of Shatranj |
| Shoffe-grote |
An earlier version of Shove
Ha'penny |
| Shove Ha'penny |
A pub game of the Shovelboard
Family |
| Shovel Board |
The ancestor of games involving the pushing of discs down tables. |
| Shuffleboard |
An American game of the Shovelboard
Family |
| Shut the Box |
A pub dice game probably from Northern France or the Channel Islands. |
| Sjoelbak |
A Dutch game of the Shovelboard
Family |
| Skittles |
A pub game in which wooden balls are rolled down a lane at nine
pins (skittles) |
| Slide Thrift |
An earlier version of Shove
Ha'penny |
| Snakes and Ladders |
Victorian game based on the ancient Indian game of Moksha-Patamu |
| Snooker |
A game of the Billiards
family derived by merging the games of Pool (the English version)
and Pyramid |
| Solitaire |
A game for one played on a Fox
and Geese board |
| Soro |
A game of the Mancala family |
| Squails |
A game of the in which disks are shoved towards the centre of a
round table |
| Stoolball |
An early bat and ball game still
played in Sussex. A pub game that is the ancestor of Cricket. |
| Straight Rail |
A derivative of American Four-ball billiards and the ancestor of
Carom Billiards games |
| Straight Pool |
A game of US Pool family |
| Table Skittles |
An indoor version of Skittles
in which a ball suspended from a pole is swung at nine pins |
| Tablut |
An old Norse game of the Tafl family |
| Tafl |
The earliest of a family of games in which the side with weaker
pieces heavily outnumbers the other side |
| Tennis |
A game in which a ball is hit backwards and forwards over a net
using bats. Now called "Royal" or "Real" Tennis
in England |
| Ten pin bowling |
An American development of the pub game Skittles |
| Three Cushion Billiards |
A game of the Carom Billiards family |
| Three Mens Morris |
A simpler form of Nine Mens
Morris played on a three by three board |
| Tic Tac Toe |
Modern name for Three Mens Morris, the smaller relation of Nine
Mens Morris |
| Tigers and Goats |
The national game of Nepal. A member of the Tafl
family. |
| Twenty Five |
An alternative name for Pachisi,
the national game of India - an ancient race game. |
| Warcaby |
Polish name for Continental or Polish Draughts, the internationally
recognised version of Draughts |
| Wari |
Game of the Mancala family played
widely across the Caribbean and West Africa |
| Wei-Ch'i |
Alternative spelling of Wei Qi |
| Wei Qi |
An abstract aesthetic oriental game in which the aim is to surround
territory. Called 'Go' in Japan |
| Xiang Qi |
Chinese Chess |
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