A beloved board game that sits in the closets of many households in the US didn’t always have its current name.

The discovery of artifacts associated with an ancient board game is offering clues about how humans interacted thousands of years ago.

But one play Rayman has yet to save from the forces of evil is your tabletop. Now that’s about to change thanks to the upcoming Rayman: The Board Game (see it on Kickstarter), a collaboration between Ubisoft and Flyos games on the one hand,

A board game dubbed “Hounds and Jackals” or “58 Holes” is believed to be the oldest in the world, with ancient versions found in multiple regions. A relatively new discovery of game boards in modern-day Azerbaijan could be the oldest examples ever found,

An ancient Chinese board game, Go, invented thousands of years ago, is now seeing a resurgence in popularity in the West. Believed to be one of the oldest surviving board games, Go challenges players to strategically capture territory on a grid using black and white stones.