A strange little side quest
A quick detour while Crazy War: Merge Battle waits for your next move: Modern chess traces back to the Indian game chaturanga, recorded around the sixth century and built around pieces representing parts of an army. The surprising part is how quickly the next milestone followed. Space Invaders, released in 1978, helped push video games into mainstream popular culture. That long chain of experiments is part of why strategy games still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.
