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Long before dice and cards, humans carved counting pits into stone to play mancala-style games, some traced back over 5,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. Senet, found in Egyptian tombs, combined strategy with ritual meaning tied to the afterlife. In Rome, soldiers passed time with Ludus Latrunculorum, a tactical game resembling chess. The formalization of chess itself emerged later in India as chaturanga before spreading to Persia and Europe. Unlike modern commercial games, these early versions were rarely mass-produced; boards were scratched into temple steps, palace floors, or tavern tables. Archaeologists still debate exact rules for many ancient games because written rulebooks rarely survived, leaving only boards and pieces as evidence.