games Brittania episode 1

This is the first part of the series of three with Benjamin Woolley

In this first part of the series he focuses on the history of modern board games and their evolutionary path from ancient board games.

is is shown that many of the early game where influenced by war and religion. It was a way in which ancient civilisations could play out war strategies which they could not do in real life.

the games shown in the documentry where:

The Stanway Game
The stanway game was discovered in Colchester, Essex and is the earliest known discovery of a complete game set found. As no dice were with the game it was thought to have been a game of strategy like Chess.

Alea Evangeli
In this game each player had different roles, One player had to escort the king piece to the corner while the other player attempted to stop him. The game was played on a grid however unlike modern games you played on the lines rather than within the grid spaces.

Gyan Chaupar
This game was very interesting and it gave birth to the bland and derivative game of snakes and ladders. It was the Hindi game of knowledge and enlightenment. It plays just like snake and ladders except different parts of the board had different and deep meanings