about 3000 to 1000 BCE
River Valleys and First Cities
Games came with the first cities: boards for kings, dice for markets, and rules written down.
- Persia, Caucasus and Central Asia (7)
- South Asia (7)
- Mediterranean (6)
- Northern and Eastern Europe (6)
- Japan and Korea (5)
- Mesopotamia, Levant and Arabia (5)
- Africa: Sahel, West and Central (4)
- Celtic and Atlantic Europe (4)
- The Americas: Andes and South America (4)
- Africa: Nile and the Horn (4)
- Southeast Asia and the Islands (3)
- Africa: Southern Africa (2)
- China (2)
- Steppe and Arctic (2)
- Shared across the world (2)
- The Americas: Caribbean (2)
- Africa: Great Lakes and Indian Ocean (1)
- Pacific and Oceania (1)
Africa: Nile and the Horn 4
Shax
Djibouti +1 · Board and table games
Africa: Sahel, West and Central 4
Kokawa Hausa Wrestling
Nigeria +1 · Wrestling and martial sports
Laamb Wrestling Bout
Senegal +1 · Wrestling and martial sportsPlay preview · in the Sports & Skill of the World app
Traditional wrestling
Cameroon · Street and playground games
Africa: Great Lakes and Indian Ocean 1
Savika
Madagascar · Street and playground games
Africa: Southern Africa 2
Mesopotamia, Levant and Arabia 5
Oil wrestling
Turkey · Wrestling and martial sports
Persia, Caucasus and Central Asia 7
Chidaoba
Georgia · Street and playground games
Gushtingiri wrestling
Tajikistan · Street and playground games
Kokh
Armenia · Wrestling and martial sports
Nard / backgammon
Turkmenistan +1 · Board and table games
Nard / long backgammon
Uzbekistan · Board and table games
South Asia 7
Boli Khela
Bangladesh · Street and playground games
Kushti / Pehlwani mud wrestling
India +1 · Wrestling and martial sportsPlay preview · in the Sports & Skill of the World appPancha
Sri Lanka · Board and table gamesThin Hama
Maldives · Board and table gamesYam
Bhutan · Board and table games
China 2
Japan and Korea 5
E-sugoroku
Japan · Board and table games
Goguryeo Mural Restoration
South Korea +1 · Puzzles and mind games
Sumo bout
Japan · Wrestling and martial sports
Southeast Asia and the Islands 3
Gourd-crab dice
Vietnam · Board and table games
Pacific and Oceania 1
Nauruan wrestling
Nauru · Street and playground games
Mediterranean 6
Northern and Eastern Europe 6
Don't Get Angry
Germany · Board and table games
Swiss wrestling
Switzerland · Wrestling and martial sports
Trânta
Moldova +1 · Wrestling and martial sportsNardy
Russia · Board and table games
Celtic and Atlantic Europe 4
Polder Windmill Keeper
Netherlands · Puzzles and mind games
Windmill Miller
Netherlands +3 · Puzzles and mind games
The Americas: Andes and South America 4
Generala
Argentina +2 · Board and table games
The Americas: Caribbean 2
Potta
Barbados · Board and table games
Steppe and Arctic 2
Bökh
Mongolia · Wrestling and martial sports
