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Legendary Lore of Ancient Boardplay
Explore the rich terminology and concepts from ancient board games through this engaging crossword.
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- 1. Planning moves to outsmart the opponent
- 2. Ancient African game involving stones and pits
- 3. Network of intersecting lines forming squares
- 7. Removing an opponent's piece from the board
- 9. Strong defensive piece or position on some boards
- 11. Six-sided shape often used in game boards
- 14. One of the oldest known board games from Egypt
- 17. Engraved symbol, sometimes used as game markers
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- 4. Ancient game combining luck and strategy with checkers
- 5. Game piece or theme commonly in ancient games
- 6. Ancient game with diagonal moves and captures
- 8. Small throwable objects used to generate random numbers
- 10. A strategic sacrifice to gain advantage
- 12. Small spherical objects used as playing pieces
- 13. Pieces used to represent players on the board
- 15. Repeated design or arrangement in gameplay
- 16. Flat surface on which the game is played
- 18. Knucklebone used as ancient dice
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