Reminds me of the challenge of figuring out the rules to the Royal Game of Ur. It was surprisingly widespread and popular in the ancient world. There were sketc

Reminds me of the challenge of figuring out the rules to the Royal Game of Ur. It was surprisingly widespread and popular in the ancient world. There were sketched game boards and references to it in written sources, but hardly anyone had written down rules for it. It was held to be common knowledge.