Modern Techniques for Ancient Games

TL;DR

This paper introduces the Digital Ludeme Project, which uses modern computational techniques over five years to improve understanding and reconstruction of ancient games, shedding light on cultural history.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel, long-term computational approach to studying and reconstructing ancient games, enhancing historical and cultural insights.

Findings

Development of a digital framework for ancient game analysis

Improved accuracy in reconstructing historical games

Enhanced understanding of cultural development through game analysis

Abstract

Games potentially provide a wealth of knowledge about our shared cultural past and the development of human civilisation, but our understanding of early games is incomplete and often based on unreliable reconstructions. This paper describes the Digital Ludeme Project, a five-year research project currently underway that aims to address such issues using modern computational techniques.