03-22-2021, 11:39 AM
(03-22-2021, 11:05 AM)Walter.Crist Wrote: Indeed, there are several accounts of Europeans describing mancala-style games as "resembling draughts," often adding that the method of play is impenetrably complicated or that they were unable to figure it out. Spanish chroniclers described several Inka games as "like our chess or backgammon;" of course these are very different games and likely betray not only a poor understanding of Inka games, but also of Spanish ones! These accounts are not very helpful for determining rules, but if a game is named, it can help us to place it in a time and place.
Walter, thank you. This is precisely what I as thinking of. People with a poor understanding of games in general, viewing games of a very different sort and trying to squeeze them into what they believe a game to be.
Thanks for you explanation and many examples.