Editing Strategy game (section)

==History==
The history of turn-based strategy games goes back to the times of ancient civilizations found in places such as Rome, Greece, Egypt, the Levant, and India. Many were played widely through their regions of origin, but only some are still played today.<ref name=":32">{{Cite journal |last=Depaulis |first=Thierry |date=2021-04-13 |title=A Timeline of Mind Games, with Some Correlations |url=https://sorbonne-paris-nord.hal.science/hal-03737319 |journal=BOARD GAME STUDIES COLLOQUIUM- The Evolutions of Board Games, Apr 2021, Paris, France. |language=en}}</ref>

According to [[Thierry Depaulis]], oldest strategy games would be the "Greek game of [[Polis (board game)|polis]] (πόλις), which appears in the literature around 450 BCE, and the more or less contemporary Chinese game of weiqi (‘[[Go (game)|go]]’), which, under the name of yi (弈), is mentioned in [[Confucius|Confucius’s]] [[Analects]] (Lunyu) compiled between ca 470/50 and 280 BCE."<ref name=":32"/>

The [[Royal Game of Ur]] from c. 2500 BCE which often been called one of the oldest board games, likely had some strategy elements as well, although it is generally seen as a luck-based [[race game]].<ref name=":22">{{Cite journal |last=Depaulis |first=Thierry |date=2020-10-01 |title=Board Games Before Ur? |url=https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/bgs-2020-0007 |journal=Board Game Studies Journal |language=en |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=127–144 |doi=10.2478/bgs-2020-0007 |issn=2183-3311|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=":23">{{Cite book |last=Botermans |first=Jack |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgamesstrat0000bote/page/712 |title=The book of games : strategy, tactics & history |date=2008 |publisher=Sterling |others=Fankbonner, Edgar Loy |isbn=9781402742217 |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgamesstrat0000bote_r1h7] |oclc=86069181}}</ref>

One of the earliest strategy games still played is [[mancala]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/62089/11-ancient-board-games |title=11 Ancient Board Games |date=2016-03-01 |access-date=2017-04-10}}</ref> Due to claims that some artifacts from c. 5000 BCE might be old mancala boards, it has been suggested that mancala may be the oldest known strategy game, but this claim has been disputed.<ref name=":22" />

Another game that has stood the test of time is [[chess]], believed to have originated in India around the sixth century CE.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-history-of-chess |title=The History of Chess: The Basics |last=(MisterCutie) |first=Matthew |website=Chess.com |access-date=2017-04-10}}</ref> The game spread to the west by trade, but chess gained social status and permanence more strongly than many other games. Chess became a game of skill and tactics often forcing the players to think two or three moves ahead of their opponent just to keep up.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adams |first1=Jenny |title=Power Play: The Literature and Politics of Chess in the Late Middle Ages |date=2011 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=9780812201048 |url=http://muse.jhu.edu/book/22068 |language=en}}</ref>