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Polis (Greek: πόλις, lit. 'city-state') was an ancient Greek board game. One of the earliest known strategy games, polis was a wargame resembling checkers.Its name appears in the Ancient Greek literature from around 450 BC to the 2nd century BC, and it seems to have been widely known in the region, particularly in Athens.
The game played with many pieces is a board with spaces disposed among lines: the board is called the "city" and each piece is called a "dog"; the pieces are of two colors, and the art of the game consists in taking a piece of one color by enclosing it between two of the other color.
Fidchell (Old Irish pronunciation: [ˈfʲiðʲxʲel͈]) or gwyddbwyll (in Welsh, pronounced [ˈɡwɨ̞ðbʊɨ̯ɬ, ˈɡwɪðbʊi̯ɬ]) was a board game popular among the ancient Celts. Fidchell was played between two people who moved an equal number of pieces across a board; the board shared its name with the game played upon it. [ 1 ]
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Ludus duodecim scriptorum, or XII scripta, was a board game popular during the time of the Roman Empire. The name translates as "game of twelve markings", probably referring to the three rows of 12 markings each found on most surviving boards. The game tabula is thought to be a descendant of this game, and both are tables games as is modern ...
The Knossos board game (Greek: Ζατρίκιον; zatrikion) is a unique archaeological object belonging to the Minoan civilization that is preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. It was found by Sir Arthur Evans in the archaeological excavations of Knossos , in an area to the northeast of the palace that has since been called the ...
The game antakshari (ant means end, akshar means letter), played in India, Pakistan and Nepal also involves chaining, but with verses of movie songs (usually Bollywood songs). In Russia, a game similar to the Word chain is called Words (Russian: слова), or "A Game of Cities" ( Игра в города ) if played using city and town names.
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