Tim Clare

Well, checkered boards go all the way back to the time of the Buddha, which is one of our earliest lists of board games. He gives this list of games that monks aren't allowed to play, and he talks about checkered boards.

Well, checkered boards go all the way back to the time of the Buddha, which is one of our earliest lists of board games. He gives this list of games that monks aren't allowed to play, and he talks about checkered boards.

so did it make sense to a lot of people that drafts came and checkers came before chess because it appears to be the simpler game we don't have any evidence for that um but it seems like it's still a game that's in flux um so do they have any relationship as far as we know one didn't come out of the other but they may have used the same boards but that checkerboard has existed for at least five millennium

so did it make sense to a lot of people that drafts came and checkers came before chess because it appears to be the simpler game we don't have any evidence for that um but it seems like it's still a game that's in flux um so do they have any relationship as far as we know one didn't come out of the other but they may have used the same boards but that checkerboard has existed for at least five millennium

so did it make sense to a lot of people that drafts came and checkers came before chess because it appears to be the simpler game we don't have any evidence for that um but it seems like it's still a game that's in flux um so do they have any relationship as far as we know one didn't come out of the other but they may have used the same boards but that checkerboard has existed for at least five millennium

Yeah, Backgammon went through this renaissance where it became really cool, where, like, the Rolling Stones were playing. People were going to Monaco and playing these high-stakes games of Backgammon. So certainly...

Yeah, Backgammon went through this renaissance where it became really cool, where, like, the Rolling Stones were playing. People were going to Monaco and playing these high-stakes games of Backgammon. So certainly...

Yeah, Backgammon went through this renaissance where it became really cool, where, like, the Rolling Stones were playing. People were going to Monaco and playing these high-stakes games of Backgammon. So certainly...

It did go through a renaissance, but then you go to somewhere like Syria or Iraq or Turkey, any of these countries, and this is a game that has never gone away and can probably trace its lineage back at least 4,500 years. It is an old, old game in various forms.

It did go through a renaissance, but then you go to somewhere like Syria or Iraq or Turkey, any of these countries, and this is a game that has never gone away and can probably trace its lineage back at least 4,500 years. It is an old, old game in various forms.

It did go through a renaissance, but then you go to somewhere like Syria or Iraq or Turkey, any of these countries, and this is a game that has never gone away and can probably trace its lineage back at least 4,500 years. It is an old, old game in various forms.

you could imagine backgammon all it would take is a couple of celebrities to become i think backgammon fans it's a game that is has some skill has some chance you know you roll dice you move but there's a great deal of strategy that that you can develop by playing the game but you could there's still some luck right it's a game i think that could easily have a revival at any point.

you could imagine backgammon all it would take is a couple of celebrities to become i think backgammon fans it's a game that is has some skill has some chance you know you roll dice you move but there's a great deal of strategy that that you can develop by playing the game but you could there's still some luck right it's a game i think that could easily have a revival at any point.

you could imagine backgammon all it would take is a couple of celebrities to become i think backgammon fans it's a game that is has some skill has some chance you know you roll dice you move but there's a great deal of strategy that that you can develop by playing the game but you could there's still some luck right it's a game i think that could easily have a revival at any point.

I think you're absolutely right because it's very accessible. Like I could teach it to my eight-year-old daughter and I think she'd enjoy it. But the skill ceiling of getting really good at it is actually quite high.

I think you're absolutely right because it's very accessible. Like I could teach it to my eight-year-old daughter and I think she'd enjoy it. But the skill ceiling of getting really good at it is actually quite high.

I think you're absolutely right because it's very accessible. Like I could teach it to my eight-year-old daughter and I think she'd enjoy it. But the skill ceiling of getting really good at it is actually quite high.

I think that's true of some of the lesser-known games, at least in the US and the UK, like the Mancala games that are so popular across Africa, like on Hueso and Wari, games like that, these games that you play with stones or pebbles, where you capture each other's pieces, you pick them up and drop them in these different... houses, they're called, these little divots in a board.

I think that's true of some of the lesser-known games, at least in the US and the UK, like the Mancala games that are so popular across Africa, like on Hueso and Wari, games like that, these games that you play with stones or pebbles, where you capture each other's pieces, you pick them up and drop them in these different... houses, they're called, these little divots in a board.

I think that's true of some of the lesser-known games, at least in the US and the UK, like the Mancala games that are so popular across Africa, like on Hueso and Wari, games like that, these games that you play with stones or pebbles, where you capture each other's pieces, you pick them up and drop them in these different... houses, they're called, these little divots in a board.