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Timeless Tactics of Ancient Play
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Across
- 1. Viking board game also known as King’s Table
- 2. East Asian game played with black and white stones
- 3. Key objective area to control in many ancient games
- 5. Powerful pieces often targeted for capture or checkmate
- 7. Not a piece, but essential for decoding ancient game inscriptions
- 9. Three aligned pieces that allow removing an opponent’s piece
- 10. Basic foot soldier piece in many ancient and modern games
- 11. Small throwable objects that generate random numbers
- 13. Simple piece used in draughts or checkers
- 16. Chinese chess variant with river and cannon pieces
- 17. Ancient Asian game where five stones align to win
Down
- 4. Board game played on hexagonal cells forming a network
- 6. Roman strategic board game centering on soldiers
- 8. A Roman ancestor of backgammon played with dice and pieces
- 12. Seed-sowing board game popular in Africa and Asia
- 14. Stronghold piece or move in chess related games
- 15. Ancient carved symbol, sometimes used as game pieces
- 18. Shape often used in board game tiles for strategy games
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