a)	People started playing board games a long time ago. When the ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamen's tomb was opened in the 1920s, there were a game board, dice and playing pieces inside.
b)	The first American board game was invented in 1843. It was called the House of Happiness. In the game you did good things to find happiness and win the game. At the end of the 1800s people began to travel more. Then games about travel and holidays became popular.
c)	1n 1935 the board game Monopoly was invented. The object of the game was to make money and buy property. It was very popular. People were very poor at that time and they liked playing with money and properties.
d)	When television became popular, game companies started making games that were like television programmes. When video games became popular in the 1980s, board games lost their popularity. Then the board game Trivial Pursuit saved the day. It was a lot of fun. Board games became popular again.
e)	Now people play board games all over the world. Monopoly is the best-selling board game today. You can buy it in more than 80 countries and play it in 26 different languages. The longest game lasted 70 days without stopping.