TheConversationUS on Nostr: Are you a fan of board games? Long before there was Risk and Scrabble, the new United ...

Are you a fan of board games? Long before there was Risk and Scrabble, the new United States had "The Travellers' Tour", which first appeared in 1822, but whose claim to fame was forgotten for decades.

The design of the game has a lot to say about how the young country saw itself. https://theconversation.com/what-americas-first-board-game-can-teach-us-about-the-aspirations-of-a-young-nation-228581 #News #history #gaming