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Post by porcorosso on Jul 22, 2016 14:56:19 GMT -5
One of my flavas caught a Pikachu. heheehehehe,
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Post by mrzfalcon on Jan 22, 2017 5:34:49 GMT -5
That game is dead in my area . Winter and fevers calm 90 % or more of the player.... let's see if the Spring will make that game great again
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Post by porcorosso on Feb 16, 2017 21:49:12 GMT -5
original post was about the classic strategy game "go" not the pokemon go. the original go is great in any season :) second oldest game in the world to my knowledge, well into the B.C. category, second only to mancala if I recall correctly.
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Post by lloyd on Feb 16, 2017 22:57:09 GMT -5
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Post by porcorosso on Feb 16, 2017 23:49:40 GMT -5
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Post by lloyd on Feb 17, 2017 9:12:52 GMT -5
The earliest reference I could find was ~ 300-500 BCE.
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Post by porcorosso on Feb 17, 2017 23:56:36 GMT -5
I have never heard of Senet before, I like the look of the board, super cool !
The reference I grabbed there was on the right hand side of the wiki page
this is from the american go association page:
" the origins of go are shrouded in the mists of ancient Chinese history, but the game is thought to have originated at least 2500 - 4000 years ago. It is the oldest game still played in its original form.
Some say that the board, with ten points out from the center in all directions, may have originally served as a forerunner to the abacus. Others think it may have been a fortune-telling device, with black and white stones representing yin and yang. A prominent legend holds that the sage-king Yao created the game to teach his rebellious son discipline.
By 400-300 B.C., Chinese scholars such as Confucius were writing about wei-chi (a Chinese name for the game) to illustrate correct thinking about filial piety and human nature. By the 1600's it had become one of the "Four Accomplishments" (along with calligraphy, painting, and playing the lute) that must be mastered by the Chinese gentleman. This kind of sanctified thinking about the game has inspired people to play for millennia.
Wei-chi, also written as wei-ch'i or weiqi, entered Korean and Japanese culture through trade and other contact between countries in the first millennium A.D. In ancient Chinese art, noblemen (and noblewomen!) can occasionally be found playing go."
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Post by lloyd on Feb 18, 2017 5:15:08 GMT -5
The earlier Go dates seem mythical just as in some Checker books there are references to ancient Egyptian and Greek origins. Checkers more likely originated in 12'th. Century France.
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Post by porcorosso on Mar 12, 2017 23:16:16 GMT -5
it is quite possible, though there are many different sources with very old B.C. dates in them. either way, it is cool that a game invented thousands of years ago is still played in its original form. I (obviously) love this game and play it all the time. Recommended ! my favourite modern game I think would be Caverna. But I like go more....
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Post by amriko on Apr 2, 2017 5:03:50 GMT -5
I used to play Pokemon go until I saw three dragonites whizz by while in the car
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