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Games Britannia Ep.01
So this is the first part of the series with Benjamin Woolley taking us on a three part series as we follow the journey from ancient board games to the games we see today.
In this first part of the series he focuses on the history of modern board games and their evolutionary path from ancient board games.
See we visit what influences the games we play today and we see that most games were influenced by war and religion. It was a way in which ancient civilisations could play out war strategies which they could not do in real life.
Some of the games that were mentioned were:
The Stanway Game
The stanway game was discovered in Colchester, Essex and is the earliest known discovery of a complete game set found. As no dice were with the game it was thought to have been a game of strategy like Chess.
Alea Evangeli
In this game players each had different roles, One player had to escort the king piece to the corner while the other player attempted to stop him. The game was played on a grid however unlike modern games you played on the lines rather than within the grid spaces.
Gyan Chaupar
This game was very interesting and it gave birth to the bland and derivative game of snakes and ladders. It was the Hindi game of knowledge and enlightenment. It plays just like snake and ladders except different parts of the board had different and deep meanings
So this is the first part of the series with Benjamin Woolley taking us on a three part series as we follow the journey from ancient board games to the games we see today.
In this first part of the series he focuses on the history of modern board games and their evolutionary path from ancient board games.
See we visit what influences the games we play today and we see that most games were influenced by war and religion. It was a way in which ancient civilisations could play out war strategies which they could not do in real life.
Some of the games that were mentioned were:
The Stanway Game
The stanway game was discovered in Colchester, Essex and is the earliest known discovery of a complete game set found. As no dice were with the game it was thought to have been a game of strategy like Chess.
Alea Evangeli
In this game players each had different roles, One player had to escort the king piece to the corner while the other player attempted to stop him. The game was played on a grid however unlike modern games you played on the lines rather than within the grid spaces.
Gyan Chaupar
This game was very interesting and it gave birth to the bland and derivative game of snakes and ladders. It was the Hindi game of knowledge and enlightenment. It plays just like snake and ladders except different parts of the board had different and deep meanings
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