15th October 2003, 11:15 PM
But... what about the Shadow Games of ancient Egypt? Plus card games already existed, like Poker, or Tarrot Card Readings.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)