Board Games Collection

Men playing Kalah (Kalaha) (Mancala), a game in the mancala family, Moroni, Grand Comore, Comores, Indian Ocean, Africa

Paul Charles Morphy, 1837-1884, American chess player, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Orientals playing a game of chess in front of a Turkish coffee house and barber shop, 1845, Turkey, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original of the period, Asia

Meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale), autumn-timeless, Late checkerboard autumn timeles, Colchicum variegatum, spotted timeles, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Konradin of Swabia and his friend Frederick of Baden sitting in the dungeon playing chess, receiving their death sentence, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

A Pacific contest at the soldiers home. Civil war vetrans playing chess at veterans home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Originally published in April 1881 edition of Harpers New Monthly Magazine

ACT II. SCENE I. Bamberg, The Bishop and Adelaide, scene from Goetz von Berlichingen, drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A company in the garden playing chess, in the 15th century, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Woman and youth playing a board game, early 14th century, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Depiction from the domestic life of Ramses III the King playing a board game, ca 1200 BC, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Shuffelboard game aboard a transatlantic steamer, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century pattern

Interior view of a room in which men and woman play the board game Go, 1877, Japan, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Asia

Blacks playing chess, Algiers, Algeria, ca 1890, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Africa

Men playing drafts, historical photo, circa 1920

Young people at the Weltfestspiele der Jugend, a communist youth festival, 1973, Berlin, GDR, East Germany

Family playing the Mensch-aergere-dich-nicht board game, East Germany, Europe, circa 1975

Uzbek men, playing chess, Kyrgyzstan, Asia

Aston Villa goalkeeper Nigel Spink with his sons Aaron and Byron with the new Aston Villa Board Game which can be won in a Sports Argus competition. 26th November 1991

Backgammon Players, c1535-1540. Creator: Anonymous
Backgammon Players, c1535-1540. Private Collection

Athena presides over the voting for the award of the arms of Achilles, c. 490 BC. Found in the collection of the Art History Museum, Vienne

Chess Championships at Sacred Heart Catholic School, Handsworth, Birmingham, Saturday 13th December 1975

The crew of a Royal Navy escort destroyer enjoying a rest period below decks between watches, by reading the Daily Mirror or having a game of Ukkers (navy slang for Ludo) December 1940

Children of Stocktons Lightfoot Grove church can t wait to get stuck into their new toys, games and equipment bought for them from funds raised from Children in Need

West Midland Safari and Leisure Park, located in Bewdley, Worcestershire, England. Sign. 17th December 1973

George Harrison enjoys a game of Monopoly with singer songwriter Jackie de Shannon, one of the tours support acts, at the Lafayette Motor Inn, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, Sunday 30th August 1964

Jimmy Powells of Cramlington has invented a football stragegy board game called " Soccer Logic" in January 1997

Nigel Short 14 year old UK Chess xhampion. August 1979 P006009

Korea, Seoul, Men playing board game in park outside Jongmyo Shrine

ChessMate
Nick Amanda

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812066 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812077 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812068 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812079 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chinese people playing Mahjong (b/w photo)
8635283 Chinese people playing Mahjong (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chinese people playing Mahjong)

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812075 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812084 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812065 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812064 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812076 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812074 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812073 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812086 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812083 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812080 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812078 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

The Game of the Chess (colour litho)
8673892 The Game of the Chess (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Game of the Chess)

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812072 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812071 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812070 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812067 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Board games: Big Man Game board, goose game model, 19th century (print)
5936132 Board games: Big Man Game board, goose game model, 19th century (print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Board games: board of the "Great Man Game")

People playing Mahjong, 1924 (b/w photo)
8626582 People playing Mahjong, 1924 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: People playing a game of Mahjong, 1924)

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812082 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood)
8812085 Chess set, Augsburg, c.1705-09 (silver inlay, tortoiseshell veneer, ivory & ebonised wood) by German School

Les Joueurs de tric-trac (The Tric Trac players), c. 1655. Found in the collection of the Musee du Louvre, Paris

A Game of Dice, 1919. Creator: Leeke, Ferdinand (1859-1937)
A Game of Dice, 1919. Private Collection

3x4 Aspectratio Indigo35
Elena Ristova

Black Horse
Alexander Trifonov

Indians about Carthagena soon after the conquest of South America
3673315 Indians about Carthagena soon after the conquest of South America, c.1843-50 (watercolour) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA; (add.info.: C.H.S)

3673280

concentration
Denis Malciu

Two men playing chess, 1283 (illumination)
7264903 Two men playing chess, 1283 (illumination) by Spanish School, (13th century); Biblioteca Monasterio del Escorial, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: Two men playing chess)

Ladies playing a game of bagatelle with a fop, 17th century. 1906 (lithograph)
7236696 Ladies playing a game of bagatelle with a fop, 17th century

French aristocrats playing a game of draughts. 1906 (lithograph)
7236874 French aristocrats playing a game of draughts.1906 (lithograph) by Arnoult, Nicolas (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: French aristocrats playing a game of draughts)

King Louis XIV and family playing bagatelle, Versailles, 1694. 1906 (lithograph)
7236700 King Louis XIV and family playing bagatelle, Versailles, 1694.1906 (lithograph) by Trouvain, Antoine (1656-1708); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Louis XIV)

The Noble game of the Swan: Game board with 19 compartments, 1821 (hand-coloured etching)
5938123 The Noble game of the Swan: Game board with 19 compartments, 1821 (hand-coloured etching) by British School, (19th century); Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Backgammon set and players from Stichtelyke Zinnebeelde, 1723 (engraving)
7214694 Backgammon set and players from Stichtelyke Zinnebeelde, 1723 (engraving) by Houbraken

The Sixteen Leading Chess Players of the World (engraving)
1055308 The Sixteen Leading Chess Players of the World (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Sixteen Leading Chess Players of the World, a Portrait Group)

The Irish Chess Association at Belfast (engraving)
1624743 The Irish Chess Association at Belfast (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Irish Chess Association at Belfast)

A Military Chess Tournament with Living Pieces, Capture of the Bishop (engraving)
1044163 A Military Chess Tournament with Living Pieces, Capture of the Bishop (engraving) by English School

The Game of Chess (engraving)
1100166 The Game of Chess (engraving) by Lesrel, Adolphe Alexandre (1839-1929) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Game of Chess)

Pages playing Chess (engraving)
2772232 Pages playing Chess (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pages playing Chess)

Those Laugh Who Win (engraving)
1591023 Those Laugh Who Win (engraving) by Dadd, Frank (1851-1929) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Those Laugh Who Win. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 21 March 1885)

The Chess-Players (engraving)
1589402 The Chess-Players (engraving) by Webb, Charles Meer (1830-1895); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Chess-Players. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 28 November 1874)

A Chinese Chess Party (engraving)
1044158 A Chinese Chess Party (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Chinese Chess Party)

The Camp at Aldershott (engraving)
1588608 The Camp at Aldershott (engraving) by Robinson, Charles (1840-81); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Camp at Aldershott. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 28 March 1868)

Sketches at the international chess tournament (engraving)
728627 Sketches at the international chess tournament (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches at the international chess tournament)

Chess Players (w / c on paper)
704295 Chess Players (w/c on paper) by De Rudler (18th century); Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy; out of copyright

An Englishwomans Notions of Algiers (engraving)
2772637 An Englishwomans Notions of Algiers (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Englishwomans Notions of Algiers)

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"Board Games: A Timeless Source of Fun, Strategy, and Bonding" Step into the world as men engage in a captivating game of Kalah (Kalaha) (Mancala), immersing themselves in the intricate strategies of this ancient mancala family game. The vibrant colors of Moroni add an artistic touch to their intense concentration. In another corner, a group gathers around a board adorned with a majestic Black Horse piece. With an aspect ratio of 3x4 Indigo35, they embark on an exciting journey through Carthagena after its conquest in South America. History comes alive as Indians navigate their way through this immersive experience captured beautifully in watercolor. Meanwhile, Aston Villa goalkeeper Nigel Spink shares precious moments with his sons Aaron and Byron over a new Aston Villa-themed board game. Laughter fills the air as they strategize and compete against each other amidst cheers for their favorite team. Concentration takes center stage as young minds participate in Chess Championships at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Handsworth, Birmingham. The intensity is palpable as these budding chess masters showcase their skills and determination to emerge victorious. Beyond borders, even Korea embraces the joyous tradition of board gaming. In Seoul's picturesque park outside Jongmyo Shrine, men gather under shady trees for friendly matches that transcend language barriers and foster camaraderie. The allure stretches back centuries; illuminated by history's brushstrokes is an enchanting scene from 1283 where two men engage in a timeless chess battle. Their intellect shines through every move made on this ancient battlefield. From traditional classics to innovative creations like Jimmy Powells' football strategy board game invention - these captivating pastimes have stood the test of time, bringing people together across generations and cultures worldwide. Whether it's fostering strategic thinking or simply enjoying quality time with loved ones, board games continue to be cherished sources of entertainment that spark laughter, challenge minds, and create lasting memories.