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Ancients is a two-player wargame with rules for low-complexity tactical combat. The game box includes four map sheets to be used with various battles. [1] Various options allow for the inclusion of exotic items such as chariots or elephants.
The game is mostly in top-down style for the world maps, towns, and castles, but switches to a 3D style in the dungeons and in the museum. Several different areas of the game, like games in towns and certain museum displays, allow the character to play in special mini-games, which, if done successfully, will permanently increase attributes ...
Stewart Wieck reviewed Quest of the Ancients in White Wolf #28 (Aug./Sept., 1991), rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that "This game would be deserving of extra attention if the author had included more information about the game world or even a sample adventure (a pet peeve of mine).
In Ancient Greece, phalloi were believed to have apotropaic qualities. Often stone reliefs would be placed above doorways, and three-dimensional versions were built across the Greek world. Most notable of these were the urban monuments found on the island of Delos. The phallus was also an apotropaic symbol for the ancient Romans.
Ancients of Ooga is a 2.5D puzzle-platform game developed by NinjaBee and Bacon Wrapped Games for the Xbox Live Arcade. It was released on June 30, 2010 for Xbox Live [ 1 ] and on May 20, 2011 for Windows .
Kykeon, ancient Greek drink of various descriptions used at the climax of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Pneuma, a supernatural substance that is present in all souls and sustains life in all breathing living creatures. Thought of as giving cosmic energy through breath. One main components of the parts of the soul in ancient Greek medicine.
Magic tablet from Pergamon with Greek voces magicae surrounding each of the figures. Voces magicae (singular: vox magica, "magical names" or "magical words") or voces mysticae [1] are pronounceable but incomprehensible magical formulas that occur in spells, charms, curses, and amulets from Classical Antiquity, including Ancient Greece, Egypt, and Rome.
Spell for passing on the upper road of Rosetjau. [5] Rosetjau is the "name of the Necropolis of Giza or Memphis, later extended to the Other World in general." [6] 5. Spell for not doing work in the realm of the dead. 6. A shabti spell. First attested as Spell 472 of the Coffin Texts. The text of the spell reads-