A strange little side quest
There is a neat bit of history hiding behind the kind of play you find in House of Wolves. Modern chess traces back to the Indian game chaturanga, recorded around the sixth century and built around pieces representing parts of an army. Another piece of context lands nicely beside it: In 1958, Tennis for Two used an analog computer and an oscilloscope to turn simple physics into a playable tennis-like demonstration. So a round of House of Wolves is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer strategy games timeline.
