On: Senet

[krylon]

So when chess was first played, this game was already ancient. That is pretty cool.

[ggggtez → krylon]

Chess is old, but not as old as backgammon. And backgammon is an evolved version of this game.

There are 3 ancient games still played commonly: chess, backgammon, and go.

[shadowgovt → ggggtez]

I find it interesting that they span three very broad genres of gameplay:

* deterministic with heterogeneous pieces

* deterministic with homogeneous pieces

* nondeterministic