The History of Skill Games
Skill games can pretty clearly be defined as games that came before the invention of the computer and the Internet and those that came after. While some traditional games are now being played over the Internet, there's a pretty sharp line in the history of skill games that's marked by the Internet.
Skill games like chess, backgammon, checkers, and Go trace their roots back to many centuries ago, so humans have been playing skill games for many, many years. Aside from ancient board games, everyone is familiar with more recent board games such as Monopoly, Scrabble, and Trivial Pursuit.
Humans have been playing skill games for hundreds and hundreds of years, but skill gaming has taken off in popularity in recent years due to the advent of the Internet. Not only are there more types of games available than ever before (including arcade-style games as well as puzzle games such as Tetris and Bejeweled), but finding an opponent at any time of the day and night is as easy as turning on the computer.
The addition of the ability to wager on skill games online has also seen a huge boost in popularity, with more and more people upping the ante and playing games of skill for real money on sites like PokerRoom.com, CasinoRoom.com and others.
