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20 Squares (É Er-bé-et-ta, Iseb, Aseb, Game of Twenty, Twenty Squares, Room Four)
Ruleset: Simple 20 Squares

Game

See the game 20 Squares for more details.

Period(s)

Ancient

Region(s)

Northern Africa, Southern Asia, Western Asia

Summary

Played on a board with no markings.

Rules

Played on a 3x4 board with an extension of 8 in the middle row. Spaces are unmarked.

Concepts

Browse all concepts for Simple 20 Squares here.

Reference

Future reconstruction.

Other Rulesets

Scholarly rulesets
Seleucid Proposed by Irving Finkel based on rules from Mesopotamia.

Incomplete rulesets
Marked 20 Squares Played on a board with certain marked squares.
20 Squares Liver Model Played on a board shaped to resemble a liver.
Double 20 Squares Played on a doubled 20 Squares board.

Evidence Map

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Sources

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