Online lecture:
Chihyung Nam (Myongji University, South Korea): The Origin of the Game of Go (Baduk/Weiqi)

Today, 11:00-12:00 CET (starting in about 90 minutes)

More info and zoom link (no registration required): https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/origin-game-go

🔁 Boosts welcome!

#historyOfGames #GameStudies

Something for @gamesformusic since it mentions various 19th cent. musical games:

Carmel Raz: The Hidden History of Women Game Designers. Nineteenth-century women turned music lessons into interactive entertainment, complete with spinning wheels and ivory counters.

JSTOR Daily, 2025-11-26

https://daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-history-of-women-game-designers/

#ludomusicology #gameStudies #historyOfGames

In a few minutes, the Cultural Heritage of Games Webinar continues with:

Mahdi Vazini Afzal - Exploring Persian manuscript traditions of chess, ganjifa, and backgammon: challenges of religion, custom, and creativity

More info and zoom link via https://gametable.network/news/news-wg2-seminar15.html

I can't make it today, unfortunately.

#historyOfGames #GameStudies #chessHistory #Chess #Ganjifa #Backgammon

I'm aware that my blog posts are super niche. So it's all the more satisfying that once in a while, somebody actually comments.

Yesterday someone from Sweden asked about a transcription of game rules that I mentioned here: https://gespiele.hypotheses.org/2237

I only have a rough draft transcription, nothing proofread, but I'm happy I could share it with them.

#HistoryOfGames #GameStudies

Sitting in an online talk by Oksana Ruchynska: Board games in the Northern Black Sea coast in Greco-Roman and medieval times.

It's part of the Cultural Heritage of Games Webinar series, which in turn is part of the GameTable COST Action.

#GameStudies #HistoryOfGames
#COSTGameTable