Classic Board Games

All about traditional board games, from 3000 B.C. to 1900 A.D. History, rules, strategy, news, and a little board game shop too.

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@dNoDice He gives no real details on the game play (it's just an image and caption), and this is the first time I've seen it outside his book. It might be an Alquerque variant.

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@dNoDice I'm late to the party, but...
This game is illustrated in one of R. C. Bell's large-format books as "Stockade". I think both sides have equal forces, one side fighting from the inside and the other from the edge.

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@JasonCusterPhD wanna watch a youtuber play an ancient board game against an academic demonologist? https://t.co/H8hl4jZvId

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@Stymie2021 @MaastrichtU The two games do appear to be related.

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Jackal-Headed Peg from a Board Game, ca. 2008-1075 B.C.E. https://t.co/B0PlYMlJ0R #brooklynmuseum #museumarchive

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Traditional games:
Yutnori 윷놀이
After eatingit is customary to play traditional games such as 윷놀이 or yutnori a very famous board game with a long tradition in Korea that is played by throwing four sticks in the air It is said that in ancient times

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Pente Grammai (“five lines”) is a board game that was played in ancient Greece.

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History

This game board has been found carved onto f… https://t.co/zj8pfqIRkx

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The ancient Chinese board game of #GO has eluded computer scientists for decades. But in the last four years, using GO and other games, #AI has...

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😍 CGA is one of my great loves. It’s a ridiculous and magical palette. This piece is one of my favourite things I’ve ever done. PS I love the @1900hotdog podcast! Your episode about the absurd CGA Hulk text parser adventure game is an instant classic. 🤓

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Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum https://t.co/wS2pBdEhT1

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Hat Diviyan Keliya https://t.co/Dy8RPj6Trh

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Shatranj https://t.co/w6qd4U2bMI

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Alquerque https://t.co/e9GZoEIWMo

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Catch the Hare https://t.co/8qVwDCtKvz

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Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum https://t.co/7WYZY3Bid1

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Ming Mang https://t.co/rU4M95n8bk

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Sixteen Soldiers https://t.co/pMdpHwOgey

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Mu torere https://t.co/pKRhcEfKWK

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Mefuvha https://t.co/pUBwSd5cWD

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Backgammon https://t.co/vZN3W6xgQE