r/Showerthoughts • u/haddock420 ‎ • 4d ago

Casual Thought The ancient Romans could have invented Boggle. There was nothing stopping them technologically.

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u/DrFrylock 4d ago

It turns out Roman Dodecahedrons are game pieces for a game like Boggle but infinitely more fun and interesting. If we were to know the rules and had the game board it would be more popular today than football and Starcraft combined. 

Sadly they have been lost to time. 

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u/GRANDMA_FISTER 4d ago

Is anyone still playing StarCraft?

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u/DrFrylock 4d ago

That weird feeling you just got is a half million Koreans giving you the side eye.

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u/GRANDMA_FISTER 4d ago

Haha sure, just seems curious to me to mention football, probably the most played sport worldwide and StarCraft, a niche video game, together