Explore 16 easy ancient board game landmark terms related to famous historical places and structures. Perfect for college students learning about ancient gaming contexts.
Esoteric Lexicon of Ancient Playcraft is a hard crossword puzzle with 20 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Esoteric Lexicon of Ancient Playcraft
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- 1. Mythic or regional variant of games involving stone placements
- 2. Old Germanic term implying 'star table,' used for tafl games
- 3. Roman predecessor of backgammon, named after a 'table'
- 7. Old Norse king's table game of asymmetric struggle
- 10. Crafty wordplay on 'catan', a fur trade game origin
- 12. French medieval term describing smooth sliding moves
- 13. Hypothetical term blending 'zatrikion', Greek for chess
- 14. Rare term referencing a specific strategic move in shatranj
- 17. Latin for 'game', often denoting Roman board recreation
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- 4. Unorthodox name for a race game involving chasing pieces
- 5. Roman board game translating to 'little thieves' or 'bandits'
- 6. Composite term signifying mesh-like grid used in ancient play
- 8. Description of the alternating capture mechanism in ancient games
- 9. Refers to a specialized knight move variant in historic chess
- 11. Plural of ancient sowing games played with pits and seeds
- 15. General term for African and Asian seed-sowing board games
- 16. Indian cross-and-circle game, often called the 'national game'
- 18. Swedish tafl game where king escapes enemy blockade
- 19. Obsolete term for a strategic piece in early chess variants
- 20. Egyptian race game whose name means 'passing'
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