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China discovers bamboo slips recording rules of ancient board game
Xinhua ^
| March 13, 2019
| Editor: mingmei
Posted on 03/20/2019 9:29:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
"...and found they recorded the long-lost rules of "liubo", an ancient Chinese board game."
Liubo...the precursor to the more modern game of...Limbo.
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03/21/2019 6:04:25 AM PDT
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moovova
To: Cold Heart
If it takes 1000 bamboo strips for the rules, it must be complicated..................
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03/21/2019 6:06:12 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
Advanced Squad Leader has 100s of 8x11 pages of rules. Bet the Chinese game is less convoluted and makes more sense. :D
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03/21/2019 7:11:16 AM PDT
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Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: Conan the Librarian
I have a hard enough time with Checkers...................
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03/21/2019 7:18:35 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: kaehurowing
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03/21/2019 2:10:47 PM PDT
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DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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