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Deep Past and First Games 16

Diketo
South Africa +2 · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Hopscotch
Haiti +8 · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Nhodo
Zimbabwe · Dexterity and skill games
Pebbles
Laos · Dexterity and skill games
Street games
Bahamas · Dexterity and skill games
Carolinian string figures
Micronesia · Dexterity and skill games
Gilbert Islands string figures
Kiribati · Dexterity and skill games
Lafo
Tonga · Dexterity and skill games
Marshallese string figures
Marshall Islands · Dexterity and skill games
Palauan string figures
Palau · Dexterity and skill games
Seed throwing
Cambodia · Dexterity and skill games
Seven-pebble toss game
Cameroon · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Solomon string figures
Solomon Islands · Dexterity and skill games
Street
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines +1 · Dexterity and skill games
Thai pebbles
Thailand · Dexterity and skill games
Whai
New Zealand · Dexterity and skill games

River Valleys and First Cities 3

Goguryeo Mural Restoration
South Korea +1 · Puzzles and mind games
Polder Windmill Keeper
Netherlands · Puzzles and mind games
Windmill Miller
Netherlands +3 · Puzzles and mind games

Classical Worlds 3

Dougong Bracket Stacking
China +2 · Puzzles and mind games
Egrang
Indonesia +1 · RacingPlayable app · Play preview
Tavern Nail and Wire Puzzles
Germany +1 · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview

Crossroads and Golden Ages 3

Dalgona
South Korea · Dexterity and skill games
Vai Syllabary Decoder
Liberia · Puzzles and mind games
Wayfinder
United States +2 · Puzzles and mind games

Age of Contact and Craft 10

Change Ringing
United Kingdom · Puzzles and mind games
Charro lasso roping
Mexico · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Fukuwarai
Japan · Puzzles and mind games
Intha leg rowing on the lake
Myanmar · RacingPlayable app · Play preview
Lo Shu Magic Square
China · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Sangaku Geometry Puzzles
Japan · Puzzles and mind games
Stone Arch Bridge Builder
China · Puzzles and mind games
Thung chai basket-boat spinning
Vietnam · Racing
Tifinagh Letter Puzzle
Niger +3 · Puzzles and mind games
Khuru
Bhutan · Dexterity and skill games

Modern Heritage 94

Akan Gold-Weight Balance
Ghana +1 · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Al-Jazari water-clock contraptions
Iraq · Puzzles and mind games
Ampe
Ghana +1 · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Antikythera Gear Train
Greece · Puzzles and mind games
Astrolabe: reading the sky
Iran · Toys
Atarraya
Colombia · Dexterity and skill games
Bozo Net Casting
Niger +1 · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Break the pot
Sri Lanka · Dexterity and skill games
Castells
Spain · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Chungi
Nepal +1 · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Clockwork Movement Builder
Germany +2 · Puzzles and mind games
Cornhole
United States · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Crokinole
Canada · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Cynghanedd Poetry Puzzle
United Kingdom · Puzzles and mind games
Dandi Biyo
Nepal · Dexterity and skill games
Daruma Otoshi
Japan · Puzzles and mind gamesPlay preview · in the Sports & Skill of the World app
Diabolo
France · ToysPlayable app · Play preview
Disc-flip
United Kingdom · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Egyptian Fractions and Doubling
Egypt · Puzzles and mind games
Emboque
Chile · Dexterity and skill games
Euclid's Ruler and Compass
Greece · Puzzles and mind games
Flag Tossing
Italy · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Frog toss
Ecuador · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Ger raising
Mongolia · Puzzles and mind games
Ghadames Rooftop Maze
Libya · Puzzles and mind games
Grenada Nutmeg Grading
Grenada · Puzzles and mind games
Hama Noria Waterwheels
Syria · Puzzles and mind games
Hangul syllable blocks
South Korea · Puzzles and mind games
Hashi
Japan · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Hill-country tea plucking
Sri Lanka · Puzzles and mind games
Huarong Dao
China · Water and winter sportsPlayable app · Play preview
Kamishibai
Japan · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Kiiking
Estonia · Puzzles and mind games
Kingyo-sukui
Japan · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Lato-lato
Indonesia +1 · Toys
Limbo
Trinidad and Tobago · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Luban lock
China · Puzzles and mind games
Lusona Sand Drawings
Angola +2 · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Maori stick games
New Zealand · Dexterity and skill games
Marshallese stick chart navigator
Marshall Islands · Puzzles and mind games
Maze
Greece · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Menko
Japan · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Nail driving
Germany · Dexterity and skill games
Peg solitaire
France · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Phoenician Alphabet Trader
Lebanon · Puzzles and mind games
Portolan Chart Navigator
Italy +2 · Puzzles and mind games
Qanat Water Tunnels
Iran · Puzzles and mind games
Ringridning
Denmark · Dexterity and skill games
Sand drawing
Vanuatu · Puzzles and mind games
Secret Puzzle Box
Japan · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Shepherd's Leap
Worldwide · Puzzles and mind games
Shove ha'penny
United Kingdom · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Sjoelen
Netherlands · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Square dance caller
United States · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Stone put
Bhutan +1 · Dexterity and skill games
Stone Skipping
Worldwide · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Street play games
Trinidad and Tobago · Dexterity and skill games
Table shuffleboard
United States · Dexterity and skill games
Tangram
China · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Tatami room tiling puzzle
Japan · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Ten Ten
Nigeria · Dexterity and skill games
Thanjavur dancing doll
India · ToysPlayable app · Play preview
Tinikling
Philippines · Dexterity and skill games
Tower of Hanoi
France · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Trick Roping
United States · Dexterity and skill games
Tuho
South Korea · Dexterity and skill games
Uyuni Salt Harvest
Bolivia · Puzzles and mind games
Whistled Language Relay
Worldwide · Puzzles and mind games
Alag Malkhii
Mongolia · Dexterity and skill games
Alchik
Kyrgyzstan · Dexterity and skill games
Ashyk
Turkmenistan · Dexterity and skill games
Asyk Atu
Kazakhstan · Dexterity and skill games
Blada
Kenya · Dexterity and skill games
Chinese Rings
China · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Chromos
Costa Rica · Dexterity and skill games
Crossword
United Kingdom +1 · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Crown Fields
Worldwide · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app
Cup-and-ball
Mexico · Dexterity and skill games
Cush
Guyana · Dexterity and skill games
Dego
Bhutan · Dexterity and skill games
Duulu
Uganda · Dexterity and skill games
Enchute
Honduras · Dexterity and skill games
Gulli Danda
Pakistan · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Heu
Tonga · Dexterity and skill games
Hiko
Tonga · Dexterity and skill games
Keram
Tanzania · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Nonogram
Japan · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Ordo
Kyrgyzstan · Dexterity and skill games
Perinola
Venezuela · Dexterity and skill games
Pitch and toss
Ireland · Dexterity and skill games
Rana
Colombia · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Sapo
Peru +2 · Dexterity and skill gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Sudoku
Japan · Puzzles and mind gamesPlayable app · Play preview
Tennis
United Kingdom · Bat-and-ball gamesPlayable app · Play preview