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Timeless Tactics of Ancient Board Games is a medium crossword puzzle with 17 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.

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Timeless Tactics of Ancient Board Games
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  • 1. A warning that a king is under threat in chess
  • 3. The opposing player challenging one’s moves
  • 5. To take an opponent’s piece according to certain game rules
  • 8. To upgrade a piece, often upon reaching the opposite board side
  • 10. Term referring to distributing playing pieces evenly in pits
  • 15. Consecutive successful moves or wins in gameplay
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  • 2. Segments or rounds in some traditional board games
  • 4. Horizontal rows where pieces move in some board games
  • 6. A famous ancient sowing game played with pits and seeds
  • 7. The allowed actions a piece can perform
  • 9. Planning moves carefully to outwit an opponent
  • 11. Small cubes used to introduce chance in many ancient games
  • 12. Ancient Indian game involving strategy and pieces, precursor to chess
  • 13. Describes a move that follows the official game rules
  • 14. Markers representing players or units on a board
  • 16. Flat surface on which a game is played
  • 17. Basic foot soldier pieces with simple forward moves
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