Location: Counter by Naroon | 63 Great Titchfield Street, London, W1W 7PR
Date: 10/11/2024
Time: 3:30 - 6:30 pm
Contact: info@persianwonders.com
The gathering designed for a limited number of participants, as we have a limited supply of original handmade board games. You can experience the oldest complete board game ever discovered.
On Sunday, 10th of November, we will introduce the game of 20 (the Shahr-i Sokhta board game).
You can play an ancient game with the ancient rules that might have been played at that time. You'll feel as if you've traveled back in time by holding and playing with a museum-standard replica of the game, which looks and feels almost identical to the original.
You can ask as many questions as you want while playing. You will experience playing the ancestor of chess and backgammon. Including canapes and drink.
For almost 50 years, no comprehensive research was undertaken by scholars on this topic to analyse and introduce ancient rules. However, a few researchers made attempts to analyse the board game set. A groundbreaking study in 2022 not only successfully reconstructed the game scientifically for the first time but also offered additional findings that may identify it as the precursor to the Game of Twenty. With all of its pieces discovered, the game is considered an ancestor of chess and backgammon. The study also demonstrates that this variant was played in southeastern Iran, representing a localised version. The scientific paper, online game, and all related information can be accessed via here