作家Jon Radoff最近发表了一个有趣的观点，即社交游戏的历史已经上千年了，它的起源并非《FarmVille》和《Maifa Wars》。他认为，从字面上理解，社交游戏就是人与人之间互动的游戏，也就是说，社交游戏在古代波斯和埃及文明时期就已经存在了。它的起源应该是骰子游戏，但后来的发展情况就开始走下坡路了。

据游戏邦了解，Radoffy认为任何涉及游戏机制及社交互动的活动，都可以称之为社交游戏。今天所谓的“社交游戏”与过去的“社交游戏”唯一的区别在于，它们使用的媒介不同，互动的程度有所差别。

社交游戏演变过程中出现了一些里程碑式的游戏项目，比如古埃及的棋盘游戏Senet，起源于16世纪印度的象棋，1974年问世的《龙与地下城》。按照他的观点来看，人类在上千年前就已经是社交游戏玩家了。不知大家是否也这样认为呢？（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

the history of social games

Social games are over 5 thousand years old, infographic says

No, social games didn’t begin with FarmVille and Maifa Wars. At least according to author Jon Radoff, who takes a more abstract look at social games in this infographic. Radoff believes that social games are, literally speaking, games played with one another. That said, social games have been around since before the ancient civilizations of Persia and Egypt. It all started with dice games, and everything went downhill after that.

According to Radoff, social games are any activity involving game mechanics and social interaction. And, when you think about, he’s right (when approached literally). The only differences between the social games of today and those of yesteryear are the media through which we play them and the level of interaction.

Some of the more interesting milestones in the evolution of social games include Senet, an ancient Egyptian board game, Chess (which originated in 16th century India) and the ultimate social game: Dungeons and Dragons in 1974. Considering human beings have been “social gamers” for thousands of years, I can’t wait to see what we think up next.（source:games.com）