This makes me feel as though we need (not that we do need anymore) a Trojan war retelling, with battle swapped for board game competitions ! A lovely thought that the warriors potentially gained respite through such a beloved and longstanding activity
fine i guess i will learn how to write fiction so i can make that a reality (mostly kidding, ill leave that to you). definitely agree with you though, its fun to imagine the heroes of Greece bickering around a board game like a family playing monopoly!
Dogs & board games, a patron after my own interests haha The game of Ur is really fun! To me there is great humanizing appeal to showing heroes “at rest” and I think this piece must have been a great conversation-starter for a while 😆
absolutely agree with you there! and I'd love to own a physical copy of the game of ur one day - as substack's resident Mesopotamia writer I trust your opinion of it being fun :)
It’s surprisingly affordable! At least mine was, though there are definitely more expensive and extra fancy ones floating around online… And thank you kindly, I can’t believe that’s so - I’m waiting for all the Assyriology students (current or otherwise) to show up haha 🙈 Where are they hiding?! 🥲😅
This makes me feel as though we need (not that we do need anymore) a Trojan war retelling, with battle swapped for board game competitions ! A lovely thought that the warriors potentially gained respite through such a beloved and longstanding activity
fine i guess i will learn how to write fiction so i can make that a reality (mostly kidding, ill leave that to you). definitely agree with you though, its fun to imagine the heroes of Greece bickering around a board game like a family playing monopoly!
Dogs & board games, a patron after my own interests haha The game of Ur is really fun! To me there is great humanizing appeal to showing heroes “at rest” and I think this piece must have been a great conversation-starter for a while 😆
absolutely agree with you there! and I'd love to own a physical copy of the game of ur one day - as substack's resident Mesopotamia writer I trust your opinion of it being fun :)
It’s surprisingly affordable! At least mine was, though there are definitely more expensive and extra fancy ones floating around online… And thank you kindly, I can’t believe that’s so - I’m waiting for all the Assyriology students (current or otherwise) to show up haha 🙈 Where are they hiding?! 🥲😅