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As conscientious parents, my wife and I are always looking for educational games that will work our children's minds and allow them to have fun at the same time. Often, people will assume that such games will be too boring for children to enjoy, but it has been our experience that educational games can also be fun.

One of the educational games that we play on a regular basis that I think is the most fun is Scrabble. It is a bit difficult for our kids to play at this point, but each year, they get a little bit better. My wife and I find that our children will actually ask us if we can play it now, and we are always willing to do so. One of the things we find most endearing is when one of our children comes up with an impressive word and they immediately look at one of us for approval. Of course, my wife and I lavish it on them and it is easy to see they are beaming with pride, and their vocabularies are improving with each game.

Just a click of a button and within seconds you are on your favorite board game online! This is exactly where we’re are and gaming is even closer and more lively. A board game is the one which pieces are moved on the surface the board, according to a set of rules. Early board games involved battles between two armies and still today it involves beating opposing player’s sometimes in counters or even winning positions and earning points which acts as the game currency. There are different types of board games played in different styles. While some have specific themes e.g. Cluedo, some have no theme at all e.g. Checkers. The complexity of the games also varies greatly from the ones with simple rules to more complex with more descriptive rules. In all cases however the game is as beneficial as it leads to exploration of one’s own capabilities. They encourage the player to look at, understand analyze and experience things. But where did it begin?

Senet is one of the oldest known board games which were played in ancient Greek in 3500BC. Ooh yes, that’s a pretty long time ago! Board games were played by many ancient societies and interesting enough they are much older than the literacy skill development in earliest civilizations. Many communities had their own versions of board games .However, while some are still played today in the same set of rules, some have been modified and some have totally disappeared.