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Evidence for Los Romanos Rencontrat
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1948
Type Contemporary rule description
Location Alfonso X
Date 1283-01-01 - 1283-12-31
Rules 3x12 board, divided in half. Three dice. Pieces begin on the opponent's side of the board, on the rightmost point with respect to the player. Play proceeds from right to left on the opponent's side of the board, and then left to right on the player's side of the board. When a piece hits an opponent's piece, it is sent back to its starting point. Pieces cannot be doubled on the player's first half of the board.
Content Accoutn from Alfonso X's Libro de los Juegos: "This game the Romans call reencontrat (rencontre)
This is another game that the Romans call reencontrat and it is played with three dice. And they first roll battle and he who wins the battle plays first.
And the black pieces in this game are places in the table of the board to the right hand of he who is to play with them on the other side of the board.
And the whites are set also on the opposite side of the board on the right-hand side of he who is to play with them.
And the players are each to bring their pieces around through the tables of the board to where they put them in the table of the opposite side of the board across from where they were first placed. And if they meet and hit each other they are to return to the piece that is hit to the table where it was first placed.
And in this game no two pieces can occupy the same point until after they have passed the middle of the board as in the game of the emperor.
And the strength of this game is in knowing how to double up the pieces well after the piece is past the middle of the board, according to the rolls of the dice.
And this is the explanation of this game and this is the diagram of its arrangement." Libro de los Juegos 79v.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite, Royalty
Genders Male
Source Golladay, S. M. n.d. Alfonso X’s Book of Games. Translated by Sonja Musser Golladay.
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