Race game

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Race game is a large category of board games, in which the object is to be the first to move all one's game pieces to the end of a track.

Description

This is both the earliest type of board game known, with implements and representations dating back to at least the 3rd millennium BC in Egypt, Iraq, and Iran

Race games are also the most widely dispersed: "all cultures that have games at all have race games."

Race games often use dice to decide game options and how far to move pieces.

Running-fight games

Running-fight games combine the method of race games (such as backgammon or pachisi) and the goal of elimination-based games such as chess or draughts.

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