Chapter 1
Ancient roots of rolling dice
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Chapter 2
Chess and the games of war
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Chapter 3
The capitalist race of Monopoly
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Chapter 4
The modern Eurogame revolution
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YOUR GOAL
Master of The history of board games
Ch 1 · Ancient roots of rolling dice
schopenhauer Origins of Dice
Before we rolled a six-sided die, We tossed sheep ankle bones to the sky.
schopenhauer Go is a 3,000-year-old Chinese strategy game of territory control and simple rules.
Fun Fact
Ancient gaming: The oldest known gaming pieces are 49 small carved stones found in a 5,000-year-old burial mound in Turkey.
schopenhauer The Royal Game of Ur is a 4,500-year-old race game discovered in modern-day Iraq.
Glossary
astragalus (noun)
The anklebone of a hoofed mammal. Ancient Greeks and Romans rolled these asymmetric bones as precursors to modern game dice.
The anklebone of a hoofed mammal. Ancient Greeks and Romans rolled these asymmetric bones as precursors to modern game dice.
schopenhauer Match ancient dice to their civilizations to discover the origins of board games.
Quiz
Which Egyptian Pharaoh's tomb contained several beautifully crafted Senet boards?
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Who translated the clay tablet in 1980 that revealed the rules of the Royal Game of Ur?
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In which ancient civilization was the game of Senet played as a journey to the afterlife?
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What was the Chinese game of Go historically known as in its country of origin?