Some of the oldest and most popular games on the planet are rarely seen in the US. No longer miss out on a whole world of fun! From the immensely popular, to the relatively obscure, we wanted to create a kit that would enable you to host an international games event for the whole community. There are two international games kits in the collection, with each kit including a totally different set of games from around the world.
See below for full lists of all the games!*
Kit #1 Contents
- Bagh Chal (Nepal)
- Catan (Germany)
- Chinese Chess aka Xiangqi
- Cribbage (England)
- Dara (West Africa)
- Go, aka Baduk/Paduk (China)
- Gonggi aka Korean Jacks/Nori
- Il Gioco dell’Oca aka Game of the Goose (Italy)
- Ludo – the English version of pachisi (India)
- Mancala (East Africa)
- Mexican Train Dominoes
- Mu Torere (Māori/New Zealand)
- Quarto (France)
- Royal Game of Ur (ancient Mesopotamia)
- Senet (ancient Egypt)
- Shogi (Japan)
- Tombola, aka lottery/bingo (Italy)
- Yutnori (Korea)
Kit #2 Contents
- 15-in-1 board games set
- Checkers aka draughts (derived from ancient Mesopotamia)
- Chess (India)
- Chinese Checkers (China)
- Parcheesi aka pachisi, an earlier version of Ludo (India)
- TicTacToe aka naughts and crosses (thought to derive from ancient Rome)
- Solitaire (Europe)
- Snakes and Ladders aka chutes and ladders (India)
- Mancala (East Africa)
- Backgammon (England, derived from ancient Mesopotamia)
- Poker dice (USA)
- Standard playing cards (Europe)
- Go Fish (USA, derived from older games)
- Old Maid (UK, derived from older games)
- Dominos (China)
- Five Field Kono aka O-pat-ko-no (Korea)
- Fox & Geese (Northern European)
- Hnefatafl, aka Viking Chess (Scandinavia)
- Jenga (African/British)
- Karuta cards (Japan)
- Konane, aka Hawaiian Checkers
- Latice Hawaii (America)
- Len Choa (Thailand)
- Loteria (Mexico / Italian origin)
- Oh! Sushi Game (Japan)
- Onitama (Japan)
- Pylos (France)
- Queah (Liberia)
- Shut the Box (Europe)
- Skyjo (Germany)
- Yut nori (Korea’s Game of Seollal)
Games Instructions
We recommend www.cyningstan.com as the go-to place for resources on traditional games from around the world. The Traditional Board Game Series is a collection of leaflets which includes some of the games we’ve included in the kits: http://www.cyningstan.com/downloads/529/traditional-board-games-leaflets
Instructions are included with each game, but should any of them go missing, a simple Google search for the game title plus “instructions” should bring up some versions or official instructions.
*The countries or regions indicated in parentheses refer to where the games originated and should not be read as the only places these games are played.