And let's not forget that for millennia before that, basically all games were either chess variants or races. Wait, the Goose Game was also a race game...

Verily.

Because Lovecraft is a recognizable fantasy identity with a sizable following and it falls into the public domain. That's it. Why are so many games about dungeons and dragons? Because D&D has been very influential over the decades, and the theme sells. Why are so many games about some form of European colonialism or something, it weirds out people who don't play them? Because wargamers created contemporary board games on the American side of the industry, including D&D, and gamifying every single combat experience (not just domination-style 4x and 17xx style games) was part of that, and since they were there first, that's what sold. It's just a marketing thing. If you've ever tried to design games and sell them, it's very hard to sell new concepts. That's all changed with the age of Kickstarter and crowd funding. Stonemaier Games, one of the greatest new publishers, understands that taking risks on new themes is a good thing. Take Wingspan, the first widely published board game to be designed and illustrated completely by women, and it's about birds. It's also notable to be one of the few games to dare to use pastels as the prime colors of the components. (the only other I can think of is, oddly enough, Buck Rogers).. But that's an entirely different conversation. :)

Dom Guilfoyle have that same problem w/pornography. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@Wallach_a Your post was posted 2 hours before the comment you replied to. Wat?

I believe that the modern standard is the banana

I may of exploded with joy

@@furretthefuzzynoodle3896 I think you exploded with bad grammar lol j/k

Or watch it at truly late night so no one can hear you watch it.

I'm in max volume though 😂

I would take time out of my already very busy schedule to watch that. I have to listen while I’m at work, but I would actively watch that series.

100% agree

I highly enjoyed Tom Scott and Irving Finkel playing it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jcCjns191paYYH0.html

@@robindevoh Thanks. I've been meaning to watch that for ages, perfect follow after this.

My dad and I made an Ur board a few years ago, it's addictive!

Our household loves UR. It's one that suits all ages and all abilities

I was going to ask about UR but you beat me to it...about two years in the past. :P It's highly addictive. My wife and I have been playing it for some time and is it VERY good.

And as someone from México, even if it isn't as traditional as Snakes and Ladders and couple other more, Oca is still a very dear board game... I remember when the reruns of the TV Show of that board game was transmitted by TVE, those were good times.

Oh I remember playing it as a kid. I’m german. I vividly remember being in the lead, just a few jumps to the finish... and then I landed on death.... and I went back to the start... I think I cried and never played that game again.

@@TheRatedOniChannel Was that the show where they had a guy bodypainting a naked woman in one spot? I remember never missing the show when they transmitted it in PR because of that.

The game of the goose also has the honor of having the highest index of "house rules" ever seen. As it was the quintessential initiatory game in Spain, the boards never brought a manual and that led to it being played slightly differently in each place or home.

Yeah, the same goes for The Netherlands. I think almost everyone has played some old fashioned Ganzenbord ("board of the goose") as a child. In the dutch version there is a space called 'the well' where you got stuck (i.e. didn't get to play) until one of the other players passed the well space. Especially frustrating when you already were coming in last.

“Ganzenbord” (the goose plate/board) in dutch

@@ilovepudding7873 Ye its more of a kids game, I always thought Candyland was the same game as Ganzenbord, maybe I am wrong though.

I am happy that we didn't lost this magnificient game. People can be bored of playing Monopoly sometime!

In Spain La Oca was also the name of a contest tv show that was basically the human size version of the board game

I just had a flashback of all the little rhymes depending on the tile like "De oca en oca y tiro porque me toca" (From goose to goose, and I'll toss the dice again cos it's my go)

Masters have “Trust me, bro.”

You're both wrong, "Works consulted" is the king of academic writing.

Absolutely! I was saving that for the history of D&D. There's a really nice onramp going from the first war simulations to modern wargames to D&D, as outlined in Jon Peterson's 'Playing at the World'. - Quinns

Yeah, my first thought was "Oh, that's quite impressive how they faked this to seem like there's an audience."

just gotta make sure you shut up when you sit down.

Yeah, I legit thought it was a skit

Gordon Wiley Well, I was in the audience, and I am real...

So is it a real audience?? I can't tell if it's real or fake... it seems real, the audience reacts at all the right times!

Please do. I didn't know I needed that in my life till now. 😂

It was kickstarted in 2017, so any day now

I don't get it.

100% huge miss

its alright sir. your comment just made its part by introducing me to hnefatafl

Yeah I am both surprised it was missing and surprised yours is the only comment pointing its omission out.

It’s a crime!!!

Yes! Those tangents are probably chock full of interesting stpries and hilarity.

Yep, irving is just awesome

I was just thinking that Egyptian game looked a bit too much like the royal game of Ur for them to not be connected somehow. If they are not the same then one can only speculate which one predates the other. Mesopotamia predated the Egyptian civilisation to be sure. But the also coexisted. Does anyone here know?

Well IMB already has deep Blue

Well 'punishment', if you play oca-limocho you want to get drunk.

@@wolff indeed and of course. 😂😂 Un saludo!!

The titles or untitled one?