After watching the three parts documentary series Games Britannia Dicing with Destiny, which was shown on BBC it covered many interesting topics about different types of games.
The first part of Dicing with Destiny were about games of old (Ancient games). What was even more interesting is that some of these games had links towards religious stuff, such as the well known game snakes and ladders which originated in ancient India, the game being about spiritual enlightenment.
Dice was even banned as it was associated with gambling which the chrunch deemed as evil, but this did not stop people from doing it in secret or just finding an alternative dice mechanic.
Its amazing to learn how games had such a impact on the past and to be used to make important decisions to predict a outcome of a battle.
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