The oldest known chess set dates from 900 CE. It was made in India.

The proper name for the hobby of collecting stamps is philately, while a stamp collector is a philatelist.

Other words for collectors and enthusiasts include an arctophile (a collector of teddy bears), deltiologist (a collector of post cards), phillumenist (a collector of match boxes), tegestologist (a collector of beermats) , and scripophile (a collector of stock and share certificates).

Chess is a compulsory school subject in Armenia.

In the Polish version of Scrabble, Z is worth one point.

There are around 1,000 possible openings to a game of chess.

The character on the front of a Monopoly box is called Milburn Pennybags.

The character you operate on in a game of Operation is called Cavity Sam.

The murder victim in a game of Clue is called Mr. Boddy (but was called Dr. Black in the United Kingdom version, Cluedo.)