Many different kinds of board games are played throughout the world, and many of them have been popular for hundreds of years. A few board games are decided by chance or luck alone, but most require some amount of skill on the part of the players. Games of pure chance are usually 'race' games, such as the children's game snakes and ladders. The winner – the player who reaches a certain square first – is decided by throwing numbered dice, over which the players have no control.
