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BiPolarBear
03-30-2006, 01:53 PM
How long do you think the game of darts has been around? I would have been way off. Post your guess and I will tell you.

The April edition of WIRED magazine has a time line for games. Here are a few examples:

Backgammon 3000BC
Checkers 2000 BC
Pacheesi 300 AD
Chess 600 AD
Playing Cards 969 AD
Battleship 1931
Monopoly 1935
Twister 1966
Pong 1972
Dungeons & Dragons 1973
Sudoku 1979
SimCity 1989
Pokemon 1996
Grand Theft Auto 1997
S.D. Jones
03-30-2006, 01:56 PM
Somewhere between chess and playing cards. About 700 AD. :dunno:
TD Ryan
03-30-2006, 02:55 PM
Somewhere between chess and playing cards. About 700 AD. :dunno:

it's a very simple, physical activity which would suggest that it's been around a Loooooong time.
I guess it all depends on how they define "darts"? Does lawn darts count?

there's no question that the dart is a precursor the the bow and arrow... and the bow and arrows been arounf a pretty long time too.
BiPolarBear
03-30-2006, 03:15 PM
According to WIRED magazine the game of darts originated in 1900. I would have put it way back in time myself.
TK
03-30-2006, 03:26 PM
According to WIRED magazine the game of darts originated in 1900. I would have put it way back in time myself.

Maybe they were talking about lawn darts? :dunno:
BiPolarBear
03-30-2006, 03:37 PM
Maybe they were talking about lawn darts? :dunno:

Nope. Picture of a regulation dart board included with the date.
parrot
03-30-2006, 03:39 PM
This site claims darts go back to Medieval England at least.

Darts began in Medieval England. Historians surmise, because they don't know for certain, that those teaching archery shortening some arrows and having their students throw them at the bottom of an empty wine barrel.
(http://www.indepthinfo.com/darts/history.shtml)

Like TD, I would guess that darts in some form go back a lot further than that. You know that shortly after the spear was invented a bunch of guys got together and came up with a way to fuck around with it.
TD Ryan
03-30-2006, 03:57 PM
You know that shortly after the spear was invented a bunch of guys got together and came up with a way to fuck around with it.

that was the edjrClan... and they didnt' call it "darts".
BiPolarBear
03-30-2006, 04:05 PM
This site claims darts go back to Medieval England at least.

Darts began in Medieval England. Historians surmise, because they don't know for certain, that those teaching archery shortening some arrows and having their students throw them at the bottom of an empty wine barrel.
(http://www.indepthinfo.com/darts/history.shtml)

Like TD, I would guess that darts in some form go back a lot further than that. You know that shortly after the spear was invented a bunch of guys got together and came up with a way to fuck around with it.

That makes more sense to me. I may have to send WIRED an email and ask them what they are refering to.
Cyric29
03-30-2006, 05:30 PM
I thought Mancala was the oldest game in the world...around 9000BC?
rurbaniak
03-30-2006, 05:33 PM
I thought Mancala was the oldest game in the world...around 9000BC?

:no:

The oldest one is call "Hide the salami" which started back with Adam and Eve!
BiPolarBear
03-30-2006, 05:58 PM
I thought Mancala was the oldest game in the world...around 9000BC?

WIRED list Mancala at 1400 BC

Other oldies:

Mehen 3000 BC
Go 2000 BC
Autumn Wind
03-30-2006, 09:17 PM
What's the Mancala equivalent of a bad beat story?