The ancient invention that ignited game play (2021)

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9 pointsbearsyankees2 comments

A tangent:

> Children play Go, an ancient game still enjoyed today

That ain't go. It's a go board all right. The shapes are not go-like and there's a stone that would be captured already.

The shapes look like gomoku, but there's five in a row already and they're still playing.

So, what are they playing?

If you ignore the black piece that should be captured, it's a legit Go game. A configuration that would probably never occur in real life but noone would ever place a Go board on their leg like that.

I'd file this under the same category as fast food burger advertising images and move on?

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