Ancient board games.

Question

in avatar they play a game called pai sho. a similer game is played in samurai shamploo. where do these games derive from? what ancient game was played that was similer to these?

Answer 1

Board games rock! remember those days b4 "wii's" and "ps3's"....ah board games...:P

Answer 2

Pai sho is not really ancient, it was invented by the creators of Avatar. There are a couple of sites out there dedicated to learning how to play and create your own board and pieces. Here's one:

http://www.ehow.com/how_2257915_play-anc...

I know that in Samurai Champloo, Jin plays shogi, or Japanese chess.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_ch...

Chess and shogi are derived from an ancient Indian game called chaturanga.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaturanga

In my opinion, the greatest of all ancient board games is Go. Check it out, it's a lot of fun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(board_g...