Period Ancient

Region Western Europe

Category Reconstruction, Done, Board, Space, Line

Description

Merels games are some of the most common games known throughout the world. Some of the oldest evidence comes from the Roman Empire, where boards are known which are identical to later games, but the exact rules are unknown.

Rules

Three concentric circles, with lines connecting the midpoints of the sides.

These rules were taken from the Historical Information ruleset.

All Rulesets

Reconstructed rulesets
Roman Merels (Ludii 1) Reconstructed with Ludii
Roman Merels (Ludii 2) Reconstructed with Ludii
Roman Merels (Ludii 3) Reconstructed with Ludii
Roman Merels (Ludii 4) Reconstructed with Ludii
Roman Merels (Ludii 5) Reconstructed with Ludii
Roman Merels (Ludii 6) Reconstructed with Ludii
Roman Merels (Ludii 7) Reconstructed with Ludii
Roman Merels (Ludii 8) Reconstructed with Ludii
Roman Merels (Ludii 9) Reconstructed with Ludii
Roman Merels (Ludii 10) Reconstructed with Ludii

Incomplete rulesets
Historical Information From DLP evidence.

Origin

Roman Empire

Ludeme Description

Roman Merels.lud

Concepts

Browse all concepts for Roman Merels here.

Evidence Map

1 pieces of evidence in total. Browse all evidence for Roman Merels here.

Evidence Range: 100BCE - 40

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Evidence category: All Artifact Art Text Ethnography

Evidence coloured based on: Age None

Map style: Streets OpenStreetMaps ArcGIS Topographique Voyager

Sources

Berger, F. 2004. 'From circle to square to the image of the world: a possible interpretation of some petroglyphs of merel boards.' Rock Art Research 21: 11–25.

Identifiers

DLP.Games.921

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