Prussians & Dragons

Skybird · 06-22-09, 05:25 AM

pics:
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fo...Article=625745

This is a 200 year old Prussian strategy-game that can be seen as the ancestor of today's role-playing games and strategy simulation. It is the first known effort to use a rastered map, and used game mechanisms that are in principle not different to today's use of probability tables and dice.

article (German):
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/spiel...625745,00.html

The article so far is German only. Der Spiegel has an English edition as well, if they ever translate it there, I'll post it again.

The chest of drawers containing the game stands in Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin.

06-22-09, 05:25 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,635 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Prussians & Dragons pics: http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fo...Article=625745 This is a 200 year old Prussian strategy-game that can be seen as the ancestor of today's role-playing games and strategy simulation. It is the first known effort to use a rastered map, and used game mechanisms that are in principle not different to today's use of probability tables and dice. article (German): http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/spiel...625745,00.html The article so far is German only. Der Spiegel has an English edition as well, if they ever translate it there, I'll post it again. The chest of drawers containing the game stands in Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.