http://www.metafilter.com/tags/backgammon Posts tagged with 'backgammon' at MetaFilter. Wed, 18 Feb 2004 05:41:05 -0800 Wed, 18 Feb 2004 05:41:05 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/31287/The%2Dgames%2Dpeople%2Dplay Perhaps it says something about the intellectual sophistication of ancient cultures that some of the most entertaining games in existence are thousands of years old: <a href="http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Backgammon.htm">backgammon</a>, <a href="http://senseis.xmp.net/?GoHistory">Go</a>, <a href="http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/classic/mancala.html">mancala</a>... The <a href="http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Metro/9154/nap-pieces.htm">now-ubiquitous chess</a> is a relative newcomer, dating back <em>merely</em> <a href="http://www.stmoroky.com/games/chess/chess.htm">1400 years</a>. One wonders whether <a href="http://plutor.org/boggle/">Boggle</a> or <a href="http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/monopoly/monopoly.shtml">Monopoly</a> will withstand the test of time so well. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.31287 Wed, 18 Feb 2004 05:41:05 -0800 backgammon boardgames chess games Go history mancala letourneau