Board games have been around for a long time. According to Quatr.us, "Probably the first board games were scratched into dirt and played with stones or fruit pits for pieces." Some of the earlier board games that we know of come from Pre-dynastic Egypt called Senet - a modern backgammon which was also played in ancient Iran.

Growing up in the 80's and 90's the games we played were pretty common.

In my 20's and early 30's, we played:

And now it's time to add one more to the repertoire: Game Night in a Can. 

• GNIAC is a party game filled with 30 original challenges. Great for friends, families, co-workers, and humans of all ages who love to LAUGH.
• Create mythical animals, rewrite a national anthem, choreograph a new dance move...use your imagination for fame and glory. 
• When you randomly pull 7 game cards each night, you're in for over 3 MILLION VARIATIONS of game play.