Board Games
How did board games evolve over time?
4.4 (14)
49 mins
Delve into the timeless influence of board games across history from ancient Egypt's Senet to the Checkered Game of Life and military strategy games. Discover how these games reflect their cultures, convey moral lessons and even aid wartime escapes.
Ep 1:
Lost Rules of the Afterlife
From Tutankhamen's tomb to the sands of Ur, ancient boards reveal games meant not just for play, but for guiding souls through death itself.
Ep 2:
Milton Bradley's Checkered Fortune
A despondent young printer turns a puritanical parlor game into inspiration, gambling his fortune on morality, dice, and an untimely presidential beard.
Ep 3:
Games of War and Wits
From Prussian war rooms to POW camps hiding silk maps in Monopoly sets, to Kasparov's stunning defeat, games become weapons of strategy and survival.
Ep 4:
The Trivial Pursuit Gamble
Two friends in 1970s Montreal, frustrated by pricey Scrabble sets, stumble into an idea that would test their nerve, capital, and trivia obsession.
Discussions (4)
Eugene
Level 9 · 6 mo agoChess is ultimately just a complex math problem. A computer beating a human at chess does not challenge human uniqueness at all. It just proves that machines are better at calculating probabilities.
Marlowe
Level 2 · 6 mo agoKasparov getting gaslit into resigning by a computer glitch is exactly why I hate AI 🙃
Dwight
Level 7 · 6 mo agoThe fact that Milton Bradley invented a board game with a literal suicide square to teach kids Protestant values is fucking insane lol.
