A strange little side quest
There is a neat bit of history hiding behind the kind of play you find in Tinyfolks. The word 'checkmate' is linked to the Persian expression 'shah mat', used when the king was trapped. The surprising part is how quickly the next milestone followed. Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. That long chain of experiments is part of why strategy games still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.