when discussing the history of board games, it's fascinating to see how certain strategies have evolved. for example, in the game of go, players often use the tactic of allowing weaker stones to slip by unnoticed to focus on stronger positions elsewhere on the grid. interestingly, scholars earlier in the century uncovered messages hidden in ancient game boards that suggest the possibility of moving pieces in a way that would require the game to go back to the start, resetting the opponent's progress. this strategy, although not widely documented, could imply a form of concealed knowledge about the game not intended for all players to understand. it raises questions about what other strategies have been deliberately kept from the mainstream understanding of games to provide an unfair advantage to those in the know or to manipulate the game's outcome in a way that benefits a select few.