A strange little side quest
A small trivia drop for Fortress of the Wizard: Modern chess traces back to the Indian game chaturanga, recorded around the sixth century and built around pieces representing parts of an army. The broader history adds one more wrinkle. Pac-Man went on sale in 1980, and its creator Toru Iwatani famously linked the character's shape to a pizza with a slice missing. So a round of Fortress of the Wizard is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer strategy games timeline.
