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Hexen
21st June 2012, 18:06
http://www.wpclipart.com/recreation/games/chess/chess_board.png

Imperialism is basically a Giant Chessboard?
Bostana
21st June 2012, 18:08
Yeah Sure
Aurora
21st June 2012, 18:10
No, it's not as black and white as that.
Igor
21st June 2012, 18:11
Yeah imperialism is all about an even match of wits. The better man wins, yeah?
Ostrinski
21st June 2012, 18:13
No, it's not as black and white as that.i see what was done here
Hexen
21st June 2012, 18:29
Makes me wonder that the entire idea of Chess is based on (or off from) Imperialism which has been miniaturized into a simple board game. At least I got a idea of the game's origins...
jookyle
21st June 2012, 18:30
No, that assumes that each "player" has an equal amount of "pieces" at it's disposal. Also, that rules are followed.
Ostrinski
21st June 2012, 18:32
Makes me wonder that the entire idea of Chess is based on (or off from) Imperialism which has been miniaturized into a simple board game. At least I got a idea of the game's origins...Well the game itself predates imperialism so
Rafiq
21st June 2012, 18:42
Maybe what's meant is inter imperialist war, and the board itself is to represent the territories or colonies fought over...

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TheGodlessUtopian
21st June 2012, 18:51
Okay, lets get this thread going somewhere real or its getting closed cause right now it looks pretty useless to me.

Who said to you that Imperialism is like a game of chess?
Hexen
21st June 2012, 19:01
Who said to you that Imperialism is like a game of chess?

No one did, I thought I realized by how Imperialism works which reminded me of Chess...well especially Inter-Imperialist Conflicts aka the "Cold War" between USian and Russian imperialism for example.

That's where I got the visual analogy from.
Blackbird123
21st June 2012, 19:29
Imperialism is a game of overpowering forces and violent cultural change and genocide for resources..... the game of imperilism is certaintly not even as chess and certainly not as bloody or horrific.
Lokomotive293
21st June 2012, 22:16
As someone else said, chess predates Imperialism. It just represents war, but Imperialism is way more than just war. If you are looking for a board game that somehow is a model of Imperialism, first play Monopoly, and then Risk.

I also would not say that the Cold War was an "Inter-Imperialist war". However, that is a debate that belongs somewhere else and probably should not be opened here.