Period Ancient

Region Eastern Europe

Category Board, War, Custodial

Description

This game is based on the discovery of a game board at the site of Poprad in Slovakia.

Rules

17x17 or 17x18 board.

These rules were taken from the Historical Information ruleset.

All Rulesets

Suggested rulesets
17x17 (Seega Rules) 17x17 board with Seega Rules.
17x17 (Kharebga Rules) 17x17 board with Kharbega rules.
17x17 (Tablut Rules) 17x17 board with Tablut Rules.
17x18 (Seega Rules) 17x18 board with Seega rules.
17x18 (Kharebga Rules) 17x18 board with Kharebga rules.
17x17 (Tablut Rules More Pieces) 17x17 board with Tablut rules and more pieces.

Incomplete rulesets
Historical Information Rules from DLP evidence.

Origin

Slovakia

Ludeme Description

Poprad Game.lud

Concepts

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Evidence Map

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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

Daley, J. 2018. "Researchers are Trying ot Figure out How to Play this Ancient Roman Board Game." Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/we-still-dont-really-know-how-play-ancient-roman-board-game-180967778/. Last Accessed 28 October 2020.

Identifiers

DLP.Games.912

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