A strange little side quest
Backyard Buzzing may feel immediate, but the ideas around combat sports have been evolving for a very long time. 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. It also connects to a different milestone: Modern chess traces back to the Indian game chaturanga, recorded around the sixth century and built around pieces representing parts of an army. Grombi files that under: small game, surprisingly large backstory.