In order to make full use of dice, the ancient Chinese invented all variety of gambling games. Many of these were games like Monopoly, played on boards arrayed with squares of different themes, among the most popular of which were court ministers, or gods and immortals, or famous mountains and rivers.
為了讓骰子物盡其用，古人發明瞭很多博戲品種，其中流傳最廣的是各式印有朝廷官階、神仙品味或名山大川等的選格圖，像「升官圖」、「八仙過海圖」等類似西方大富翁的遊戲，讓老百姓玩得不亦樂乎。