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4,000 year old game figured out
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 11:15 am
by gizmomathboy
Looks like some folks found the correct tablets to reverse engineer a really, really, really old game
https://boingboing.net/2018/04/05/watch ... -boar.html
Re: 4,000 year old game figured out
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 11:28 am
by Juju EyeBall
Irving Finkel is a badass. I shared a link about him recently:
http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/phpbb3/ ... =2&t=15241
Re: 4,000 year old game figured out
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 1:39 pm
by gizmomathboy
This is too much in this board's interests for someone not to have linked to it before I did
Re: 4,000 year old game figured out
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 1:51 pm
by Juju EyeBall
It's great stuff for sure. Plus, he's just a funny old dude.
I'd love to play a boardgame with that guy anytime.
Re: 4,000 year old game figured out
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:14 pm
by thedungeondelver
I think the important question here is how much of this Braunstein did Dave Arneson develop, and how much did mean old Gygax steal?
Re: 4,000 year old game figured out
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 12:40 am
by ThirstyStirge
Clickbait. I thought the OP was going to be about Weiqi/Go.
