In fact, the 2010s are commonly referred to as a new Golden Age of board games.

The board game market grew dramatically in the 1990s and has continued since - it is believed that the internet helped board game discovery and online play.

Monopoly is one of the world’s most popular board games, so much so that 30 times more Monopoly money is printed each year than real US dollars.

Most of his attention was spent inventing other non-game related products including standardized crayon boxes and a guillotine-style paper cutter.

Interestingly enough, while the company is synonymous with board games, Milton Bradley himself only created one game in 1860 called “The Checkered Game of Life” (now simply called “The Game of Life”).

Classic Backgammon is one of the oldest board games that is still commonly played throughout the world.

Accordingly, it is considered one of the best board game markets.

Germany has the highest number of board games sold per capita, with a value around 375 million euros, based on a 2013 estimate.

Senet is believed to be the oldest known board game, having been founded in Predynastic Dynastic burials of Egypt from 3500 BC.

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