Perhaps. The core rules of supply centers, moving, holding, and supporting would have a good chance of being repeated in an extraterrestrial wargame – perhaps even convoying as well. I agree, an analogue could likely exist independent of the planet Earth.
Go, though ... Go's board is nearly as simple as a board can be – nothing more than a rectangular grid. The pieces are likewise nearly as simple as pieces can be – black stones, white stones. Even the rules are almost absolutely as simple as rules can be. Go is a game without inherent cultural, or even physical, references, and that's why I find it so easy to imagine it being independently invented, with no more changes than a different size of the board.
Actually, checkers is another game without innate cultural references, although its rules are noticeably more intricate than those of Go. I guess it, too, might exist elsewhere.
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Re: 4.1 = Dippy
Go, though ... Go's board is nearly as simple as a board can be – nothing more than a rectangular grid. The pieces are likewise nearly as simple as pieces can be – black stones, white stones. Even the rules are almost absolutely as simple as rules can be. Go is a game without inherent cultural, or even physical, references, and that's why I find it so easy to imagine it being independently invented, with no more changes than a different size of the board.
Actually, checkers is another game without innate cultural references, although its rules are noticeably more intricate than those of Go. I guess it, too, might exist elsewhere.