Bearing off : the story of backgammon ; Senet : Egypt's game of the afterlife ; Chess : the evolution of a strategy icon ; Chess's eastern cousins : shogi and xiangqi ; Go : a game of near-infinite complexity ; Sowing seeds : Africa's mancala family -- Decoding the past : the royal game of Ur ; Pachisi : India's iconic racing game ; Patolli : the lost game of the Aztecs ; All in a row : men's Morris to tic-tac-toe ; King me! Alquerque and checkers ; Morality play : snakes, ladders, and geese.
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