The history of gaming
Chapter 1
Ancient board games and the dawn of play
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Chapter 2
The birth of digital arcades
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Chapter 3
The home console revolution and crash
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Chapter 4
The 3D era and virtual worlds
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Ch 1 · Ancient board games and the dawn of play
diegoplays Way back in Egypt, a game took hold, Senet's path to the afterlife, a story told!
Fun Fact
Ancient dice: The oldest known twenty-sided die (d20) dates back to Ptolemaic Egypt around 300 BCE, carved from steatite.
Glossary
board game (noun)
A game that is played by moving pieces on a special board. Around 3100 BCE, Egyptians played early versions on thirty square boards to symbolize the afterlife.
A game that is played by moving pieces on a special board. Around 3100 BCE, Egyptians played early versions on thirty square boards to symbolize the afterlife.
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What ancient Chinese board game has more possible board configurations than there are atoms in the universe?
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Which ancient Egyptian board game represented the soul's journey through the afterlife?
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What 6th-century Indian game is widely considered the earliest ancestor of modern Chess?
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In ancient Rome, what popular board game involving twelve lines was a direct predecessor to modern Backgammon?
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Which British Museum curator famously translated the cuneiform tablet containing the rules of the Royal Game of Ur?
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Pachisi, a traditional Indian race game, became the direct inspiration for which Western board game?
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What material was the oldest known twenty-sided die (d20) from Ptolemaic Egypt made of?