# The First Moves: Humanity’s Oldest Games Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/gaming-history-club-6471007/the-first-moves-humanity-s-oldest-games Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/gaming-history-club-6471007/the-first-moves-humanity-s-oldest-games.md Podcast: [Gaming History Club](https://stenobird.com/podcast/gaming-history-club-6471007) Published: 2025-06-18T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://gaminghistoryclub.captivate.fm/episode/the-first-moves-humanitys-oldest-games Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ff9c83fd-a61c-41b8-a050-16d9af2c2589.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gaming-history-club-6471007/episodes/the-first-moves-humanity-s-oldest-games Duration seconds: 2052 ## Resource In our 50th episode we journey back thousands of years to uncover the world’s oldest uncovered games. from Egypt’s mysterious  Senet , to Mesopotamia’s  Royal Game of Ur , China’s still-thriving  Go , and the newly reimagined game of  Shahr-i Sokhta .  Please like, subscribe, and we look forward to seeing you when new episodes are released every second Wednesday. Sources: Mancala - Savannah African Art Museum British Museum - Royal Game of Ur Researchers uncover how Shahr-i Sokhta was played We welcome you to get in touch with us! Visit us on: GamingHistory.Club Facebook Instagram Theme tune created by Tom Docherty ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gaming-history-club-6471007/episodes/the-first-moves-humanity-s-oldest-games/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/gaming-history-club-6471007/the-first-moves-humanity-s-oldest-games.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.