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Ancient Games Notes
Take notes on the students Ancient Games presentation if the teacher wishes.
This is supplemental.
Name of
Game
Interesting fact
Tabula
Basic rules
Tabula was a
race board game
similar to
Backgammon
goes back
several centuries
BCE
Tabula means
Table or
Board
Tabula was called
Alea which mean
gambling
Evolved directly
from Duodecim
Scriptorum
Similar to
Egyptian game
Senet
Nine Men
Morris
By 2 players
Why Important
Its ancient
Its ancient
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Caculi
Duodecim
Scripta
Tesserae
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Connect 4
Gambling of
todays age
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Only 2 players
It hurts
Game still
played today
Knucklebones
Terni Lapilli
Patolli
Aztec Ball
Terni Lapilli
boards are found
throughout the
Empire,
scratched on
walls, floors, and
roofs, no X's and
O's accompany
the markings.
a Terni Lapilli
board was
recently
uncovered in the
British Museum
which included
four blue pieces
and five red
pieces.
One of the oldest
games of the
Americas.
Played by preColumbian
Mesoamericans
Played by
commoners and
nobles alike
Reports are
Montezuma
enjoyed
watching the
nobles play in a
game at court.
Patolli is a
race/war game
with a focus on
gambling on
blankets, stones,
or food.
One of the
Game of
strategy
Basketball
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Royal Game
of Ur
Senet
earliest board
games
Played in
Mesopotamia
before 2600 BC
Discovered by
Sir Leonard
Woolley in the
1920's near the
ancient city of Ur
Popular in
Ancient Egypt
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Mancala
Shatranj
Family of board
games played
around the
world,
sometimes called
sowing games or
count and
capture games.
Mancala games
play a role in
many African
and some Asian
societies
comparable to
that of chess in
the West.
The word
mancala comes
from the Arabic
word naqala
meaning literally
"to move".
Is an old form of
Chess popular in
Persia for almost
a 1000 years.
The word
shatranj is
derived from the
Sanskrit
chaturanga
(chatuH=four,
anga= arm).
The game came
to Persia from
games rules
Played with two sets of
seven markers & three
pyramidal dice
Race game that predates
Backgammon
to develop modern
games of today
Similar to chess
chess
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India, in the
early centuries of
the Christian
Era.
Tafl
Family of ancient
Germanic and
Celtic board
games played on
a checkered or
latticed board
with two teams
of uneven
strength.
Chaturanga is
an ancient
Indian game
which is
presumed to be
the common
ancestor of
chess.
Chaturanga has
been played
since the 6th
century or
earlier, hence
Chaturanga is
most commonly
believed to be
the oldest
version of chess.
In Sanskrit,
"Chatur-angabala" literally
means "an army
comprising 4
parts
(elephants,
chariots, cavalry,
and infantry).
Liubo
Chaturanga
Go
Go originated in
China at least
2,000 years ago.
Similar to chess
Chess today
Game of speed
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their stones in such a way
that they cannot be
captured, while mapping
out territories the
opponent cannot invade
without being captured.
Seega
The ancient
game of Seega
has been played
for centuries
throughout
Egypt and other
parts of the
Middle East.
Seega is a
simple game in
terms of
materials and
rules, but it
involves plenty
of strategy and
thinking once
you are playing.
In Egypt, 5x5
game boards
were common,
while 7 x 7 or 9
x 9 board do
exist.
The larger
boards are more
complex, and
created a greater
challenge for the
players.
Checkers
played today