| Game | When | Where | Directions | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quintain Tilting | c. 1100 | England | Mount horse. Charge with lance at rotating dummy mounted on pivot. | Strike dummy without being knocked off by dummy’s rotating arms. |
| Bull Baiting | c. 1150 | England | Tie bull to iron stake. Blow pepper into his nose to enrage him. Turn pack of dogs loose on bull. | Bet on dogs or bull. |
| Chequers | c. 1375 | England | Toss pebbles onto checkerboard. | Bet on whether they land on black or white. |
| Shrove Groat | c. 1500 | England | Push coin across table. | Get coin as close to table's edge as possible. |
| Rat Baiting | c. 1800 | United States | Place 100 rats in 8-square-foot, 4-foot-deep put. Drop dog in. | Bet on how many rats dog can kill in given period of time. |
| The Mansion of Happiness | 1843 | United States | Follow virtues and avoid vices of mankind along board game's 66-space Road of Life. | Reach the Mansion of Happiness. |
| Adventure (for Atari) | 1979 | United States | Guide dot through confusing mazes and castle catacombs while slaying dragons to find secret door. | Recover gold chalice. Return to the Gold Castle. |
