Backgammon
Backgammon is one of the oldest known board games. Its history can be traced back nearly 5,000 years to archeological discoveries in the Middle East, originally in Iran. It is a two player game where each player has fifteen pieces ("checkers") which move between twenty-four triangles ("points") according to the roll of two dice. The objective of the game is to be first to "bear off", i.e. move all fifteen checkers off the board. Backgammon is a member of the tables family, one of the oldest classes of board games.
Sunjang baduk
Sunjang baduk (Korean: 순장바둑) is a variant of the game go (known as "baduk" in Korean) played in Korea which dates to the 16th century. It became obscure in the 1950s when it was largely replaced by modern go due to Japanese influence. There are around 45 surviving game records of Sunjang baduk, mostly from the 1880s. The oldest known game record was published in the "Chosun Ilbo" newspaper on March 1937, although the game was played much earlier. The game is between No Sa-ch'o and Ch'ae Keuk-mun. Sunjang baduk is played on a 19x19 board with 17 marked points which are used as indicators. The first 16 stones are put in a preset pattern on the marked points and black must make their first move on the Tengen (the center point on the board). Due to the prescribed nature of the opening, games tend to be aggressive which leads to fierce middle game fighting.