What is a Fun Game?

What is a fun game?  Looks like a simple enough question.  However each person answering it will probably offer a different opinion on which games they consider fun.  Fun means different things to different people.  Fun, used as an adjective for describing a game, is a game which is amusing, enjoyable, or entertaining.  So in …

Why Do People Play Games?

Games have been played for thousands of years.  Ancient game boards, dice, and pieces have been found in excavations all across the world.  It seems as soon as civilization began, man’s desire for games developed.  Many of the first games had sacred or religious connections to them.  Today games are played …