20 Squares
(É Er-bé-et-ta, Iseb, Aseb, Game of Twenty, Twenty Squares, Room Four)
Ruleset:
Historical Information
Game
See the game 20 Squares for more details.
Period(s)
Ancient
Summary
Rules for 20 Squares from the DLP evidence.
Description
These are the rules of 20 Squares that are known from the DLP evidence.
Rules
3x4 grid with an extension of eight spaces along the central row. Played with two knucklebones, one small and one large. Five or seven pieces per player.
Concepts
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Reference
DLP evidence.
Other Rulesets
Scholarly rulesets
Seleucid
Proposed by Irving Finkel based on rules from Mesopotamia.
Incomplete rulesets
Simple 20 Squares
Played on a board with no markings.
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.
Identifiers
DLP.GameRulesets.530
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