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GAMES, GAMES, GAMES Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 11/29/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is a few feet off a tarred path.

This is a themed cache. Contents are game pieces. Please trade one of these for one of yours.

Games are in integral part of all societies. Like work and relationships, they are an expression of some basic part of the human nature. Just as humans have an internal need to work, they have an internal need to play.

Games are formalized expressions of play which allow people to go beyond immediate imagination and direct physical activity. Games also allow forms of play to be packaged and communicated to other people in a social group or geographically far away. Games capture the ideas and behaviors of people at one period of time and carry that through time to their ancestors.

When archaeologists excavate an ancient society they find artifacts related to living, working, family and social activities. Games often become an archival record of how individuals and groups played in earlier times. Game pieces from Senet and the Royal Game of Ur were part of the archeological record of Egypt.

Ancient games:
Dice (3000 BC), Senet (3000 BC), Royal Game of Ur (2600 BC), Backgammon (2500 BC), Liubo (1500 BC), Mancala (1400 BC)

Board games:
Wei Hai (3000 BC), Go (2300 BC), Chaturanga (500 BC), Xiangqi (200 BC)

There is a small flashlight for the FTF.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nzbat frireny

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)