Where did the idea for the game Hangman first originate?

I really enjoy playing Hangman sometimes, even if it does seem a bit unfair (really, really long words). But who came up with the idea that if you do not manage to guess the letters of a word, you would be hanged?

It seems a bit morbid now that I think about it xD


heres a link to history of it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangman_(game)
Ha! I never really thought that hard about it!
But it is pretty messed up lol




If I were a grave digger or even a hangman, there are some people I cld work for with a great deal of enjymt?

Who wants to play hangman. winner gets BA?

the word will be below... well the spaces so you know what the word will look like. everyone quess a letter. the first person

What is the game called hangman game?

Where can I find a free online challenging hangman game with multiple genres?

I am looking for a free online hangman games with genres such as pop trivia, music, celebs, tv&movies, or stuff like

Guess who I am........................hangman?

--- ---- ---- ------ ---- ----

there's five letters in my name pick a letter and if it's there

In java a & ab ap edition does anyone have the solutions to hangman in chapter 10?

I really need this assignment done and I cant figure it out

Argh, visual basic express ed. 2008, hangman won't work! says that 'Index was out of range. Must be non-neg'?

When user has input too many wrong goes it crashes and comes up yellow at the line 'index = thisword.word.IndexOf(letter,