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Esoteric Lexicon of Ancient Gamecraft
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Strategic leapfrogging game also called English checkers
  • 2. Ancient Indian 64-square board, precursor to modern chess
  • 3. A piece charged with disrupting enemy formations in ancient play
  • 6. A gambit or stake inception often before the game’s main movement
  • 9. Term for back-and-forth positional play resembling balance shifts
  • 12. Roman race game encapsulating competitive circular progression
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  • 4. Sowing game rooted in African antiquity, a variant of mancala
  • 5. Board game genus characterized by seed sowing mechanics
  • 7. To interpose decisive captured moves, marking the game’s rhythm
  • 8. Fast-moving token tasked with clearing tracks or advancing quickly
  • 10. Japanese chess temple pawn with unique non-linear capturing
  • 11. Term describing a piece forcibly withheld from play or territory
  • 13. Viking-era strategic board game with asymmetrical objectives

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