Rock Paper Scissors, or Roshambo, or Janken, or whatever variation of name you want to give it, has been around for ages starting around 206 AD and have appeared in history since then. Starting off in China and moving to Japan at first, then moving globally around in the 20th century being declared as a “Teutonic method of drawing lots,” or “Chinese gambling.” By 1933 it had already become a very popular way to settle disputes between children in North America.