Talking about new and old obscure abstract games
Here are some nice examples of race games from Ancient Egypt:
This was the text related to this game:
The obscure Mehen:
And the more known Senet (at least the text said it was Senet, it seems a version, half-way to the game of Ur):
And finally some old, old dice:
By
João Neto
at
17:07
Labels:
art and history,
older games,
traditional games
Most of the early posts about new games came from playtesting and discussions between João Pedro Neto and Bill Taylor. But even before Bill's passing on July 2021, the blog had gradually shifted its focus toward old and obscure two-player abstract board games. The blog will tend to avoid Chess variants and Mancala games, as dedicated sites for those already exist.
Regarding the chronological tags: older games
means 1800s-1940s (pre-WW2),
old games
means 1950-1989 (pre-video games),
new games
means 1990-2005 (at least for now).
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