Mikado | Ancient variety of pick-up sticks | Rules | History | Strategy

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Mikado is a version of pick-up sticks that dates back to at least the 17th century. This video explores the history of the game, and why the opera that may have inspired its name is so problematic. Mikado build video: https://youtu.be/gPLFEHUeECc www.thegamingbench.com Want to support the channel? Drop me a couple bucks at https://buymeacoffee.com/thegamingbench. Thanks! PHOTO CREDITS Fortune Teller on the street of Japan CC BY-SA 2.0 A. Davey https://www.flickr.com/people/40595948@N00 Jackstraws CC BY-SA 4.0 Lumaca https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lumaca Large size mikado CC BY-SA 4.0 Skimel https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Skimel Mikado at Shrewsbury CC BY-SA 4.0 National Library of Wales https://www.library.wales/ Yarrow stalks CC BY-SA 4.0 CharlieHuang https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CharlieHuang I-Ching CC BY-SA 3.0 Cooltoye No url Liam Neeson CC BY-SA 3.0 Georges Biard No url Handel CC BY-SA 4.0 Society of Swedish Literature in Finland https://sls.finna.fi/Record/sls.SLSA+1270_SLSA+1270_34_foto_882 Jenga CC BY-SA 3.0 Guma89 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Guma89 Smoke effect courtesy of vecteezy.com REFERENCES Publications * Culin, Stewart. Games of the North American Indians, The Bureau of American Ethnology, 1907 * Delany, Mary & Lady Llanover (Ed.). The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany : with Interesting Reminiscences of King George the Third and Queen Charlotte, London: R. Bentley, 1862 * Grunfeld, Frederic. Games of the World, Ballatine Books, 1977 Websites https://kubiyagames.com/blogs/mechanical-puzzles-blog/the-classic-game-of-skill-a-brief-history-of-pick-up-sticks-and-mikado?srsltid=AfmBOoriXnXPahnv5VbJ-QiSc1bcMdHbmZYvf8IwyFYCSLXZInopMpeX https://rombol.de/en/blogs/news/mikado-meistern-ein-umfassender-leitfaden-zum-zeitlosen-geschicklichkeitsspiel?srsltid=AfmBOorYWBgKXAendgr8QZSXhyTf4U1liOtmf6Z5vUm-1bKrf3NY8guS https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6424/pick-up-sticks https://historicalgames.neocities.org/ColonialAmerica/jackstraws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick-up_sticks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonchets Videos https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y23A-sac6dM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF-sTXtwihg https://www.tiktok.com/@williammooremusic/video/7516985615892745494 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIBi8T2KI8E Timecodes 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Pieces 01:47 - Rules 03:16 - History 10:42 - Jackstraws 12:17 - Anyone else do this? 13:31 - Strategy 14:16 - Wrap-up #games #ancientgames, #germangames, #pickupsticks, #gaming, #history STANDARD DISCLAIMER: I am not a professional game scholar. At best, I am an enthusiastic amateur. This means my work may be incomplete, biased and, (I hope only rarely) outright wrong. I work hard to use reliable sources, double-check for accuracy, and draw reasonable conclusions. However, the scholarship surrounding ancient games is constantly growing and evolving; as a part-time game researcher and YouTube content creator, I am not always up to date on the most recent findings. If I present anything that is demonstrably incorrect, please call me out so I may increase my personal knowledge and understanding of this fascinating subject. Reach me at heygamingbench@gmail.com.