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Arcane Lexicon of Vintage Boardgaming
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  • 1. Rare maneuver involving the king and rook in chess-like games
  • 2. Recovering or regaining lost units or points mid-game
  • 3. Secretive exchange or trading of cards during a game’s phase
  • 4. Indicator token for positions or actions, now often termed otherwise
  • 7. Sacrifice made early on to gain a strategic advantage
  • 8. A piece representing units, resources, or points in war games
  • 9. An archaic term for a piece that 'drains' opponents’ points
  • 14. Ancient Greek infantry formation borrowed as a boardgame term
  • 16. Verb for setting a defensive position in early strategy games
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  • 5. Old term for a player's steadfast piece in wargames
  • 6. A British synonym for checkers or a game piece
  • 10. Small token representing resources or actions, often forgotten
  • 11. Tactical surprise attack move, commonly lost from terminology
  • 12. Compulsion to move when every option worsens the position
  • 13. German-derived term once used generically for a player figure
  • 15. French-derived term describing a single turn’s movement phase
  • 17. Tiny peg or piece used for marking on old-fashioned boards
  • 18. Lines or rows of pieces in formation, essential in classic war titles
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