Great Board Games of the Ancient World
Great Board Games of the Ancient World
thegreatcourses.com has a course of 12 lectures on the history of board games called Great Board Games of the Ancient World. The lessons include backgammon, senet, chess, shogi+xiangqi, go, mancala, ur, pachisi, nine men's morris, alquerque+checkers, snakes and ladders with a few other variations scattered among them. The normal price is a disgusting $219.95 for DVD or $169.95 for instant video, but NOW $49.95 or $34.95. Reviews are mostly five stars. I haven't downloaded it, so I don't know what it is like. Not exactly my cup of cocoa.