• MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    We can’t know for certain the rules we now attribute to this game are what were originally played though. The rules were essentially made up in a way that made sense to what the board looks like and what was found with it. There is no documentation on this found anywhere in history.

    • wjrii@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      The video posted elsewhere in this thread shows a clay tablet containing an expanded ruleset from the Hellenic period that allows the basic rules to be intuited with more confidence.

      • ditty@lemm.ee
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        4 days ago

        Who needs 'em? Also if you land on free parking you get all the monies