The game reminds me a bit of "The Royal Game of Ur", the oldest boardgame we know. I built one a few years ago, and it is both an interesting and incredibly irritating game to play. This feels a tiny bit more refined (especially since using D6 dice is inherently more fun than Ur's annoying D4 die). The Game of 5 Lines also is oddly reminiscent of the German "Mensch ärgere dich nicht!", which I played religiously as a child against my nan, as well as the Indian game "Pachisi" and the English "Ludo". I think the latter 3 are quite similar
Its neat to see how these games are quite similar, and even similar to some modern games! Even seperated by countries and thousands of years, people end up doing similar things
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History Aye, it could be convergent evolution, but I rather think that Sumeria, laying firmly in the center of the ancient world, did their part in influencing everyone from Greece to India. If there's anything that will transcend borders geographical and political, it's stories, songs and games (and maybe STDs). Anything one merchant can share with another over drinks in boring, long nights in a foreign port will travel faster than fire.
Many many years later we the Greeks love to have fun playing "tavli" which seems to me like a long relative of this (I mean if you look at the paintings of people playing the ancient game it looks like the way modern people act). It is really nice to see this different aspect of ancient Greeks tbh
I have read about ancient Greeks playing board games but this is the first video of an actual demonstration of how to play. Great video as is your excellent video about Thermopylae. I hope you do more similar videos in the future including a very neglected subject when it come to hoplite warfare videos and that is ancient Greek sieges and fortifications.
Thank you for making this one. When I started writing Greek-themed stories I kept wondering how to replace the more "casual" and "mundane" elements. Like if I visualised my characters playing chess, I pause and wonder "OK what's the Greek version of this?" Closest I had in my pre-internet research were the Celtic Fidchell and the Norse Hnefatafl.
Youre so welcome! This type of history is too often tossed aside for other aspects, but for me, this is some of my favorite parts! People of the past are just that... people, only seperated by time
my cousin happened to be walking by and I watching one of your videos and she said "He looks hot" and I said well he has a Girlfriend and she was like "noo no the Armor its a can" and I was like um 🤓☝actually it acts as a regulator the armor absorbs the heat ........ I had to set her strait😤
Very nice video. I think these more "mundane" aspects of everyday life really fascinating. War was, in some way, just one of many aspects of life.
Thank you! Absolutely! That is one the things i find most fascinating also!
Looks like a precursor to Backgammon which is everywhere in the Mediterranean. The rules are somewhat similar as well.
I actually haven't heard of that! Its possible they evolve from each other
Boardgames (and in general) are in our DNA.
Looks like even the ancient greeks were gamers!
The game reminds me a bit of "The Royal Game of Ur", the oldest boardgame we know. I built one a few years ago, and it is both an interesting and incredibly irritating game to play. This feels a tiny bit more refined (especially since using D6 dice is inherently more fun than Ur's annoying D4 die). The Game of 5 Lines also is oddly reminiscent of the German "Mensch ärgere dich nicht!", which I played religiously as a child against my nan, as well as the Indian game "Pachisi" and the English "Ludo". I think the latter 3 are quite similar
Its neat to see how these games are quite similar, and even similar to some modern games! Even seperated by countries and thousands of years, people end up doing similar things
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History Aye, it could be convergent evolution, but I rather think that Sumeria, laying firmly in the center of the ancient world, did their part in influencing everyone from Greece to India. If there's anything that will transcend borders geographical and political, it's stories, songs and games (and maybe STDs). Anything one merchant can share with another over drinks in boring, long nights in a foreign port will travel faster than fire.
Many many years later we the Greeks love to have fun playing "tavli" which seems to me like a long relative of this (I mean if you look at the paintings of people playing the ancient game it looks like the way modern people act). It is really nice to see this different aspect of ancient Greeks tbh
@@boldeagle2659 its really cool to see how similar it is! Looking at this stuff is honestly some of my favorite things to see when studying history
I have read about ancient Greeks playing board games but this is the first video of an actual demonstration of how to play. Great video as is your excellent video about Thermopylae. I hope you do more similar videos in the future including a very neglected subject when it come to hoplite warfare videos and that is ancient Greek sieges and fortifications.
Thank you very much! Appreciate that a lot! We'll keep working on videos, love doing them!
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History And we love watching them!!!
Thank you for making this one. When I started writing Greek-themed stories I kept wondering how to replace the more "casual" and "mundane" elements. Like if I visualised my characters playing chess, I pause and wonder "OK what's the Greek version of this?"
Closest I had in my pre-internet research were the Celtic Fidchell and the Norse Hnefatafl.
Youre so welcome! This type of history is too often tossed aside for other aspects, but for me, this is some of my favorite parts! People of the past are just that... people, only seperated by time
my cousin happened to be walking by and I watching one of your videos and she said "He looks hot" and I said well he has a Girlfriend and she was like "noo no the Armor its a can" and I was like um 🤓☝actually it acts as a regulator the armor absorbs the heat ........ I had to set her strait😤
My man, spreading fax 💪💪
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History indeed 💪💪💪
this Is so cool !!!!
Thank you!
It is similar to modern game "chinese" (I don't know how to translate it) where up to 4 players have to go around the board to their respected finish
Ive never played! Its neat to see that even though these folks were over 2000 years ago, our games are still similar
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History Ok I found that in English it's called ludo
@@realdragonthank you! Ill have to check it out!
The singular of "dice" is die.
Yeah i know lol. After i filmed the video i was kinda annoyed at myself 😵
@@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History Fair enough, a lot of people don't.
Hey lil bro, the music on your shorts is not good. Change it. Get more viewers. Also, fight better.
Lol okay. mate, my latest short has over a million, i think im good without your words of wisdom
Erm actually you’re wrong ☝️🤓🤓