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Ancient monks in China originally utilized these dotted tiles to map out astrological paths and divine the future. Centuries later, we strictly use them to…
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Emperors were heavily placing these black and white stones on grids centuries before Rome was even a functioning empire. It easily holds the crown for the…
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The iconic contrasting squares we stare at today were not universally standard. Early boards often utilized dark red to contrast the black, probably because…
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Before the hobby transitioned purely into the theater of the mind, early groups were heavily chained to dragging lead figures across grids. You literally…
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Buying software used to mean carrying home a massive rectangular carton the size of a cereal box. Despite the massive packaging, the inside usually contained…
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William G. Morgan invented the sport in 1895 as a gentler alternative to basketball, naming it Mintonette. Fortunately, someone pointed out that this sounded…
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