Playground psychology
IDEA No 91
GAMIFICATION
More than 5,000 years ago the ancient Egyptians played a board game called Senet. The object was to race your opponent along an S-shaped path to the final square of a rectangular board. Winners could look forward to a glorious afterlife. Losers had better keep practising.
Board games were a favourite pastime in ancient Egypt. Senet was played by two people, either on a board, like the one found in Tutankhamen’s tomb, or simply scratched into the earth.
The outcomes of today’s games are not quite as important, but whether they are played on a park, on a board or online, the fundamental motivation remains ...
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