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The game was found in the tomb of a Germanic prince in Poprad. (Source: Matej Ruttkay, SAV)

The game was found in the tomb of a Germanic prince in Poprad. (Source: Matej Ruttkay, SAV)

1 posted on 01/30/2018 12:46:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Thats a Pente board.


3 posted on 01/30/2018 12:50:49 PM PST by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: SunkenCiv

looks like a Go board...


4 posted on 01/30/2018 12:51:12 PM PST by major_gaff (University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
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5 posted on 01/30/2018 12:51:54 PM PST by z3n
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To: SunkenCiv

Chinese game of Go, dating back 2,500 years.

7 posted on 01/30/2018 12:53:08 PM PST by concentric circles
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To: SunkenCiv

Sorta looks like a version of Go.


8 posted on 01/30/2018 12:53:31 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: SunkenCiv

So he could play it in the afterlife. Pretty cool.


9 posted on 01/30/2018 12:54:02 PM PST by Ciexyz (I'm conservative & traditionalist, a nationalist and patriot.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Cribbage.......................


10 posted on 01/30/2018 12:55:13 PM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: SunkenCiv

Early version of Connect 4


11 posted on 01/30/2018 1:05:09 PM PST by PJBankard
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To: SunkenCiv

The good die Young.


12 posted on 01/30/2018 1:09:11 PM PST by Leep (The dims better watch it..Trump is CRAZY!!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Three Cornered Pitney rules from MAD Magazine in 1983.

18 posted on 01/30/2018 1:22:11 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain (Liberalism, as with all else evil, can never create. It can only corrupt.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“Dungeons and Dragons” by real Dungeons and Dragons!


19 posted on 01/30/2018 1:29:45 PM PST by RedMonqey (“Rockets... Lottsa Rockets..”)
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To: SunkenCiv
I used to have a game from China called *war*...I could never figure it out. It looks a bit like that.:(


29 posted on 01/30/2018 9:59:25 PM PST by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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To: SunkenCiv
Sorry, I made a mistake...it was called *Go*

https://www.learn4good.com/games/board/classic-chinese-games-online.htm

30 posted on 01/30/2018 10:01:06 PM PST by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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To: SunkenCiv
A bed from yew wood decorated with silver sheets and a desk belong among the most significant discoveries in the tomb.

Silver sheets would be chilly. Wasn't the word, "silken", intended?

31 posted on 01/31/2018 4:41:37 AM PST by Does so (Release the memo...!)
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To: SunkenCiv

It ain’t beer pong.


34 posted on 01/31/2018 7:04:19 AM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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Ludology is a fascinating and much under-studied field.


36 posted on 01/31/2018 7:13:28 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Vegam Yehudah tillachem biYrushalayim . . . .)
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