Talking about new and old obscure abstract games
From an oriental art and culture exposition at Lisbon (it was a surprise visit, so I only had the camera from my cell phone)
There was a Xiang Qi:
And a strange board that I don't recognize (the label was wrong, it said that was the Makruk which cannot be right):
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old games
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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).