A strange little side quest
Anacroz Tactics may feel immediate, but the ideas around strategy games have been evolving for a very long time. Chess changed dramatically in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries when the queen became the board's most powerful piece. The broader history adds one more wrinkle. Boxing was part of the ancient Olympic Games by 688 BC, long before gloves, weight classes, or timed rounds existed in anything like their modern form. So a round of Anacroz Tactics is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer strategy games timeline.
