Monopoly is a good example given in the article but also such a recent one that it may leave a misleading impression. The Tibetan game above is 13th C. The Chinese and Japanese games are roughly 17th C.
Maybe it's worth adding they descend from the didactic gambling game Shengguan Tu, which had its origins in the 9th C. and remained continuously popular enough that you could still buy it in the late 19th C. US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shengguan_Tu
Maybe it's worth adding they descend from the didactic gambling game Shengguan Tu, which had its origins in the 9th C. and remained continuously popular enough that you could still buy it in the late 19th C. US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shengguan_Tu