Wanna play a game of chess? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Selmo · 12-13-2002, 05:21 AM

As has already been said, all cultures in our own world have produced board games with elements of strategy. It would be surprising if Middle Earth didn't produce several games similar to chess.

Chess, as we know it, did not exist in Middle Earth. When he was translating The Red Book, Tolkien used the name as a translation for a sadly unknown Middle Earth game of strategy.

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12-13-2002, 05:21 AM	#21
Selmo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Shire (Staffordshire), United Kingdom Posts: 273	As has already been said, all cultures in our own world have produced board games with elements of strategy. It would be surprising if Middle Earth didn't produce several games similar to chess. Chess, as we know it, did not exist in Middle Earth. When he was translating The Red Book, Tolkien used the name as a translation for a sadly unknown Middle Earth game of strategy.