Chess Sets, Backgammon, Other Games

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Chess Choose from hundreds of items including sets, pieces, boards, timers, and tables.	Backgammon A wide variety of backgammon sets and chips from around the world made in many different materials.	Other Games Dominos, Go, strategy games, Mah-Jong, checkers and more.	Books & Online Instructions Learn how to play many of the classic board games we sell.

Ancient Games specializes in selling high quality classic board games including chess sets, chess pieces, chess boards, backgammon sets, and other games such as dominos, Mah-Jong, checkers, and strategy games to the public with free shipping. Our sets come from a wide variety of countries including Germany, India, Poland, Spain, and many more. Our site offers secure shopping and an easy to use format to find what you are shopping for.

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Carefully Crafted Chess Boards
You will find a wide selection of chessboards and chess pieces allowing for endless mix and match chess set possibilities. As much as pieces can give a set character, so can a chess board. Therefore, our boards are selected for their beauty and quality. Boards come in a wide variety of shapes, colors, sizes, and even materials.

Pieces Complimenting Chess Sets
We have gathered the best quality chess pieces from the top game manufacturers around the world, including Italy, Germany, India, and Poland. Indian manufacturers specialize in wooden chess pieces producing the best wood chess pieces available. We also buy from top manufacturers who supply the prominent English and European sales companies. These chess manufacturers have won awards from the Indian government commerce department and are known worldwide in the board game industry for the best finish quality chess pieces. Remember…when comparing prices; please remember that many of our chess pieces come in a storage box standard. You do not need to pay extra for this.

Entertaining Multi-Game Sets
Fit 6 Games in the Space of One. Ancient Games carries All in 1 Game Sets for board game enthusiasts with more than one favorite game. From 3 in 1 game sets and up, Ancient Games has the multi game set for you. Choose from popular board games such as chess, checkers, backgammon, dominoes, cribbage, and more. Browse through our selection of multi game sets.

Wooden, Soft and Roll Up Backgammon Sets
You will find a great selection of backgammon sets. We have a set for your style of play, Our sets range from wooden sets that will accent your decor to denim for a sport game, as well as our suede roll up set for play on the go without sacrificing style, And, if you already have a favorite Backgammon board, but need chips, we have a great variety in many colors and sizes to choose from.

Domino Sets with Style
Double six, double nine, double twelve. These are not the dominos we grew up with! Multi-layer acrylic dominos with brass spinners. Fun designs and beautiful storage cases that will protect your dominos for years to come.

Strategy Games
Thinking Games for the Entire Family. We are proud to offers a variety of strategy games to choose from. Our online game store is currently featuring Quarto and Quoridor strategy games. Quarto is a strategy game where your opponent places your pieces on a four by four square board, and the goal is to have four of the same pieces in a row. Quoridor is a game of witts, walls, and winning that will provide hours of fun.

Wooden Cribbage Board
Cribbage is a card game in which a pegged board is used to keep track of the scores that accumulate rapidly during play. The origin of cribbage comes from another card game, "Noddy," that was prominent during the 16th century. Noddy is a much simpler card game which doesn't use a crib and consists of a three card hand. The origin of cribbage is credited to an Englishman in the 17th century, Sir John Suckling, who was well-known for his gaming skills. This early form of cribbage only used five cards and the crib consisted of one card from each player. Cribbage game changed little until the 19th century when the cribbage hand changed to six cards and the crib was increases to two cards. This style of cribbage is still currently used today.

Hounds and Jackels
Discover the mystery and wonder of the Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Egypt. Hounds and Jackals is an ancient Egyptian board game of the Pharaohs. The sphinx is a labyrinth hiding ageless secrets. Now offered to you in replica, a container that doubles as a form of art display. Remove the top half of the Sphinx to expose a colorful game board. Lift the game board out to uncover its first hidden chamber. You will find a secret scroll with hieroglyphic writing, translated into an instruction booklet with easy to follow directions and diagrams which makes this an entertaining and easy to play board game. The scroll is used to seal and protect the secret inner chambers. You will learn the secret of how to interpret the dice. Enter the chamber at the bottom of the sphinx and discover the hiding place to of the playing pieces.

Mah Jong, an Ancient Chinese Tile Game
Mah Jong combines the elements of dominoes with rummy. Shrouded in mystery, Mah Jong's origins are unknown. Some board game historians believe that Mah Jong derived from two of Chinese card games: Ya Pei and Ma Tiae. The Mah Jong played in the United States today is a Western variant of the original Mah Jong game and was developed during the 19th century. From ancient times to today, Mah Jong has fascinated generations of board game enthusiasts.

We are proud to continue the Mah Jong tradition by offering this beautiful Mah Jong set. Encased in a soft zipper carrying case, this Mah Jong set is great for gamers on the go. The Mah Jong tiles are beautifully detailed and wood tile racks fit conveniently within the case, making this travel Mah Jong set both compact and practical.

History of Chinese Checkers
Chinese checkers comes from a popular Victorian board game, Halma. There is little difference between Halma and Chinese checkers except for the shape of the board. Chinese checkers board has a star pattern, while Halma board has a square pattern. Chinese checkers was first patented by a famous German games company, West by Ravensburger, under the name Stern-Halma. In the 1920s, Stern-Halma was introduced in the United States as Chinese checkers, which is believe to have gotten it's more catcher name from the star on the Chinese flag. Chinese checkers came into full popularity in 1930s. Because of the game's popularity in America, Milton Bradley patented its version of Chinese checkers in 1941 which has changed little in the following decades.

Instruction Books
Learn to Play Backgammon, Chess, and many more games. Whether you want to be a better player or want to learn a game for the first time, we have a selection of books that will help. Choose from books for many different games. If all you need is simple instructions, we have free online instructions for backgammon, cards, and chess.