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Title: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: bayonetbrant on May 25, 2020, 04:13:08 PM: https://kotaku.com/archaeologists-uncover-1700-year-old-board-game-1843645014 (https://kotaku.com/archaeologists-uncover-1700-year-old-board-game-1843645014)

Pretty sure Bawb & Slash both pledged this on the old p26-1/2 system
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: bob48 on May 25, 2020, 04:33:59 PM: Yep. Your point is?
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: mirth on May 25, 2020, 05:02:12 PM: Quote from: bob48 on May 25, 2020, 04:33:59 PM
Yep. Your point is?

Good luck getting an answer to that question.
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: bayonetbrant on May 25, 2020, 05:10:53 PM: Quote from: bob48 on May 25, 2020, 04:33:59 PM
Yep. Your point is?

... at the end of my spear?

I'm not really sure what you're looking for here. 🤔

🤪
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: bob48 on May 25, 2020, 05:14:14 PM: You tell us. You started it, so we thought we'd pre-derail it
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 25, 2020, 08:18:52 PM: Side boob: yea or nay?
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: Martok on May 25, 2020, 08:31:41 PM: Quote from: bayonetbrant on May 25, 2020, 04:13:08 PM
https://kotaku.com/archaeologists-uncover-1700-year-old-board-game-1843645014 (https://kotaku.com/archaeologists-uncover-1700-year-old-board-game-1843645014)

Okay, that's super cool. :bigthumb:

Quote from: BanzaiCat on May 25, 2020, 08:18:52 PM
Side boob: yea or nay?

Always "yea". Surely that's a rhetorical question??
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: Arctic Blast on May 25, 2020, 09:06:17 PM: Are we sure it's really that's old? I've seen Eurogames with pieces that looked much less vibrant than those are.
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: bob48 on May 26, 2020, 07:05:04 AM: They are very early forms of meeples.
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: bbmike on May 26, 2020, 08:13:54 AM: And since they were made of rocks, they were called 'pebbles'. :whistle:
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: bob48 on May 26, 2020, 08:57:34 AM: Touche mon ami!
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: Sir Slash on May 26, 2020, 11:28:21 AM: I'm still waiting on Bob to make his next move. 1700 Years is not the longest Turn-Time I've ever seen but it's up there.
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: bob48 on May 26, 2020, 11:44:21 AM: Oh sh*t - I was waiting for you! I thought it was your turn. :-[
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: Sir Slash on May 26, 2020, 04:05:41 PM: I moved T-Rex to Pharoah's Chariot 3, takes Wooly Mammoth. :oh:
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 26, 2020, 04:06:58 PM: Had a few play-by-mail games that indeed felt that long.
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: bob48 on May 26, 2020, 04:08:28 PM: Damn - I think Stonehenge is running slow again......
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: mirth on May 26, 2020, 04:09:29 PM: Quote from: BanzaiCat on May 26, 2020, 04:06:58 PM
Had a few play-by-mail games that indeed felt that long.

And a few AARS that have taken that long
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 26, 2020, 04:10:06 PM: Zing! He's still biting. ;D
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: bob48 on May 26, 2020, 04:14:08 PM: Quote from: mirth on May 26, 2020, 04:09:29 PM
Quote from: BanzaiCat on May 26, 2020, 04:06:58 PM
Had a few play-by-mail games that indeed felt that long.

And a few AARS that have taken that long

..and a few we're still waiting for to be finished............. :whistle: :sigh:
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 26, 2020, 05:00:13 PM: Et tu, Bobte?
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: bob48 on May 26, 2020, 05:02:09 PM: ee bah gum, moggie :biggrin:
Title: Re: 1700-yo Board Game
Post by: BanzaiCat on May 26, 2020, 05:27:49 PM: Quote from: bob48 on May 26, 2020, 05:02:09 PM
ee bah gum, moggie :biggrin:

lol I had to Google that

Let me find a job and then I'll feel more comfortable about writing articles. :D