Roman race and strategy board game The Tabula, most likely derived from Duodecim Scripta, is also an ancestor of the modern backgammon. Faster than the Duodecim Scripta, this is an exciting game and combines strategy, speed and luck. Pieces are moved according to the roll of three dice. The rules are acquired from the famous match played by Zeno.
Roman race and strategy board game In order to move the pieces, the players should launch three dice; the path is often composed of the letters of six Latin words arranged on purpose to create puns, jokes and even menus of taverns, also to the detriment of grammar rules. This game is the predecessor of the Tabula and an ancestor of the modern backgammon.
This is a Roman game of strategy and direct battle; simple but also very exciting, because of its rules and the strategy as well. Our version is the most faithful to the documentation provided by the sources and it simulates a clash between two armies composed of eight soldiers. This game is considered one of the ancestors of chess game.
Roman strategy game Tria is the expanded version of terni lapilli but should not to be confused with it. You can see it on various Roman monuments and medieval buildings too, if stones of a previous era was being used to build them. The game is played with nine pieces instead of three of terni lapilli the moves possibility is higher as well, and the strategy is quite different of the terni lapilli ones.
Roman strategy game Terni lapilli was drawn in shape of boxes, crossed lines and especially in a wheel shaped diagram on the stones of ambulatories of amphitheatres, on floors if public monuments and on many steps of theatres. This game is the ancestor of the modern Tic-Tac-Toe, but has different rules that make the game very interesting compared with the current version. Because of its simplicity, is recommended for the purpose to learn the logic of the board games.
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