Biggest Board game - The largest board game ever made was Galaxion.
It measured 33 inches by 33 inches.
Most expensive board game - The most expensive board game ever created
was the deluxe edition of a European game called Outrage, which cost $6,392.
The purpose of the game is to steal the English Crown Jewels from the tower
of London
Monopoly - The most landed on squares in Monopoly are:
1. Illinois
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2. Go
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3. B & O Railroad
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4. Free Parking
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5. Tennessee Avenue
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6. New York Avenue
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7. Reading Railroad
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8. St. James Place
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9. Water Works
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10. Pennsylvania Avenue
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Checkers - The longest game of checkers ever played lasted 7 hours and
30 minutes.
Chess - The highest rated player has a 2815 rating. This rating is held
by Gary Kasparov.
Scrabble - The game was first called Criss-Cross.
In 1989, Phil Appleby scored the highest score ever in Scrabble: 1049
points.
The 10 highest scoring words in Scrabble are:
1. Bezique
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2. Cazique
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3. Jazzily
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4. Quartzy
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5. Quetzal
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6. Quizzed
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7. Zephyrs
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8. Zincify
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9. Zinkify
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10. Zythums
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