Dicing with Destiny
This is another part to my series on Critical Games Studies, in this lecture we were shown a video call Games Britannia. Games britannia is a three-part series presented by historian Benjamin Woolley about popular games in Britain from the Iron Age to the Information Age.
The first part of the documentary started with an ancient Roman board game found in a Quarry at Colchester, it was named Stunway Game. This ancient game has been seen as evidence that the instinct to play games is a natural feeling and is is a large part in the mind of humanity. Humans need to eat, need to drink, need to socialize and need to play games.
There were more examples of games throughout the program such as Alea Evengelli, Hazard and Faro a game of chance and gambling.
Finally one of the most famous and most widely played game ever, Chess. Chess is a board game based around war. It was created in the 8th Century and is a game of skill with no random elements involved. It is a easy game to learn but incredibly difficult to master and play at a professional level.
That is all from Games Britannia Part 1, I will continue with the next part soon.
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