Eveything today has a history. Anything you look at today originated somewhere. This page tells the story on the Father of all boardgames, Checkers.
Games predate written history and are a part of man's social evolution.
People have been fascinated by the competition of games since they realized they had to compete with animals and other people for survival. The first games were, Tag, Hide and go Seek, and King of the Castle, these games were played by cave man children. Games graduated to, who could throw a spear the straightest and following certain rules, who could throw a rock the longest distance with the most accuracy. These were all games in the practice for living. Without a doubt religion and war were the two founding forces behind the basic creation of the first board and sport games.