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4,000 year old game figured out

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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
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Irving Finkel is a badass. I shared a link about him recently: http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/phpbb3/ ... =2&t=15241
The DUNGEON MASTERS GUIDE City of Brass cover is good and bad at the same time. While its very representational of a high level adventure, it sends a clear message to the dumb: Satan is going to cornhole Miss USA with a big red member and theres nothing science or the military can do about it. - Gene Weigel
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I seldom bother; they don't listen, they just sit there, strong and dumb, on their mountain.
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I made some tables for record-keeping and other things. You can find them here
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DungeonDork wrote:Irving Finkel is a badass. I shared a link about him recently: http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/phpbb3/ ... =2&t=15241
This is too much in this board's interests for someone not to have linked to it before I did :-)
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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.
The DUNGEON MASTERS GUIDE City of Brass cover is good and bad at the same time. While its very representational of a high level adventure, it sends a clear message to the dumb: Satan is going to cornhole Miss USA with a big red member and theres nothing science or the military can do about it. - Gene Weigel
Philotomy Jurament wrote:
TRP wrote:I miss the old ways and worshiping the old gods.
I seldom bother; they don't listen, they just sit there, strong and dumb, on their mountain.
Gygax Games Gail Gary JRT

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I made some tables for record-keeping and other things. You can find them here
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I think the important question here is how much of this Braunstein did Dave Arneson develop, and how much did mean old Gygax steal?
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Clickbait. I thought the OP was going to be about Weiqi/Go. :(
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