Ancient board games and the dawn of play
The birth of digital arcades
The home console revolution and crash
The 3D era and virtual worlds
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Way back in Egypt, a game took hold, Senet's path to the afterlife, a story told!
diegoplays Originating in China over 2,500 years ago, Go is a game of territory and simple rules with infinite complexity.
diegoplays Discovered in modern-day Iraq, the Royal Game of Ur is one of the oldest board games with rules we can still play today.
diegoplays Match classic consoles to their eras to discover the evolution of gaming technology.
Ancient dice: The oldest known twenty-sided die (d20) dates back to Ptolemaic Egypt around 300 BCE, carved from steatite.
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.
What ancient Chinese board game has more possible board configurations than there are atoms in the universe?
Which ancient Egyptian board game represented the soul's journey through the afterlife?
What 6th-century Indian game is widely considered the earliest ancestor of modern Chess?
In ancient Rome, what popular board game involving twelve lines was a direct predecessor to modern Backgammon?
Which British Museum curator famously translated the cuneiform tablet containing the rules of the Royal Game of Ur?
Pachisi, a traditional Indian race game, became the direct inspiration for which Western board game?
What material was the oldest known twenty-sided die (d20) from Ptolemaic Egypt made of?