Board games in which game pieces are moved according to some random principle existed in the earliest advanced cultures. The game backgammon developed over the millennia from the Egyptian game senet. Another game with elements of chance is the Indian board game pachisi, which in Germany was turned into the game “Mensch ärgere dich nicht” (Hey, man, don’t get angry!).

© Sandra Steiß, National Museums in Berlin, Egyptian Museum und Papyrus Collection