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Evidence for Ludus Rebellionis (Asymmetric)
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.2071
Type Contemporary rule description
Location Italy
Date 1500-01-01 - 1599-12-31
Rules 8x8 board. One player plays with a King and Queen, the other as eight Pawns. The King begins on the top right corner of the board, the queen on the space to the left to the top left corner of the board. The Pawns begin on alternating squares on the first two rows of the board, starting on the bottom left corner.
Content Diagram from a manuscript L. 27 of Ludus Rebellionis, with the King on h8, Queen on b8, and the pawns on alternating squares starting on a1. Murray 1951: 105.
Confidence 100
Source Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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