How did the game chess get its name?
The game of chess seems to have gotten its name from a mispronunciation. While the origins of chess are a little cloudy, the name of the game was chaturanga in ancient India, and chatrang in Persia. The Persians called the King the shāh, which the Europeans began calling the game. The theory is that merchants coming to Europe bought ornamental king pieces [...]
If you sink two balls off the break in pool, do you get to shoot again?
While there are a number of different games you can play on a pool table, for the most part you always get to shoot a second shot if you sink any number of balls off the break. That’s assuming of course the white (cue ball) or the black ball weren’t among the balls that dropped. Pocketing [...]
When was the game of darts invented and why are the numbers the way they are around the dart board?
The game of darts was evolved over a fairly long period of time. It is thought to be first played as a training exercise in Medieval England. These training exercises were setup with the bottom of a wine barrel being used as the target. The gaming aspect of dart throwing was brought to bars that [...]
When and where did the board game chess originate from, and what do the pieces symbolize?
The answer to this question is actually disputed. There are a number of countries that claim to have invented chess. The most probable creator is India, at least that’s what ‘chess experts’ most commonly believe. It is believed that India invented the game in the 6th century where it was called Chaturauga. The oldest piece [...]
