The Debrief

Nearly Two Thousand Years After Romans Played an Ancient, Mysterious Board Game, AI Figured Out the Rules

Simulated gameplay by AI agents has finally decoded the rules of an ancient mysterious board game that has puzzled scientists ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Ancient Roman Game Board Was a Mystery. Researchers Used A.I. to Figure Out How to Play

More than a century ago, a scratched-up slab of limestone was excavated in the modern-day Netherlands and later deemed an ancient Roman game board. Since then, the mysterious game has eluded ...
NPR

How researchers learned the rules of an ancient Roman board game

A team of researchers in the Netherlands set out to decipher the rules of an ancient Roman board game, with an assist from artificial intelligence. How do you go about learning the rules for a board ...
USA Today

What are the overtime rules for the 2026 Olympic gold medal game?

Overtime in hockey is one of the most heart-pounding things you can experience in sports. There's nothing like a win-or-go-home situation where the next goal wins it all. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, ...
Wall Street Journal

What We See When We Look at Two Centuries of American Board Games

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. In 1822, F. & R. Lockwood, a ...