Games Britannia episode 1: Dicing with Destiny notes

In Ed's recent lecture we watched Games Britannia episode : Dicing with Destiny.
In the program, the presenter, Benjamin Woolley talked about an ancient board game that could have been used by druids for their priestly practice's, such as prophecy and divination. Woolley suggests that the game could have been played between the druid and the king to see if the king would win the forthcoming battle and also suggests that the course of early british history could have been decided on the board.
All in all I found the first episode of Games Britannia quite interesting and I am looking forward to watching the next episode.