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    This document provides information and rules for the ancient Roman game Ludus Calculorum. It was a strategy game played on a gridded board with pieces, and the goal was to get five pieces in a row. The rules forbid certain configurations like a double open-ended row of three pieces. Pictures show examples of ancient Roman game boards.

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    This document provides information and rules for the ancient Roman game Ludus Calculorum. It was a strategy game played on a gridded board with pieces, and the goal was to get five pieces in a row. The rules forbid certain configurations like a double open-ended row of three pieces. Pictures show examples of ancient Roman game boards.

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    This document provides information and rules for the ancient Roman game Ludus Calculorum. It was a strategy game played on a gridded board with pieces, and the goal was to get five pieces in a row. The rules forbid certain configurations like a double open-ended row of three pieces. Pictures show examples of ancient Roman game boards.

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    Ludus Calculorum Game

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    This document provides information and rules for the ancient Roman game Ludus Calculorum. It was a strategy game played on a gridded board with pieces, and the goal was to get five pieces in a row. The rules forbid certain configurations like a double open-ended row of three pieces. Pictures show examples of ancient Roman game boards.

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    GAME BOARD

    LUDUS CALCULORUM
    INFORMATION AND RULES

    LUDUS CALCULORUM
    ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED
    This is a speed/strategy game. We are not completely sure of the • 2 players
    rules, although the basics seem simple. The game is related in some • A gridded board; ours is 8�10 squares (download and print ours, or
    ways to Gomoku and checkers. Many boards were scratched in the draw your own)
    dirt and carved into pavements and doorways. Bored soldiers and • 35+ playing pieces for each player, such as light and dark pebbles or
    entourages of the rich needed something to do in a pre-digital age! coins (heads and tails). You can also cut out our gaming pieces and
    glue them to pennies or circles of cardboard
    Archaeology produces few rules for games, since people took them
    for granted (and written reports often decay with time). We can’t be
    sure of all the games played on all the different boards that survive,
    RULES
    but we CAN be sure there were variations. Goal: The first player to place five pieces in a row across, up, down,
    or diagonally wins
    • Players take turns placing a game piece on any empty space
    • Pieces are not moved or removed; they stay in place
    • A double open-ended row of three is forbidden (3 game pieces that
    cross in a T or X if not blocked by an opponent beyond the third
    game piece)
    • If there is no winner when the board is full or the pieces have run
    out, there is a draw

    To make the game harder


    Left: Roman clay floor tile incised with a game board, with ivory Forbid a double row of four pieces in an X or T, as well as a double
    playing pieces, Silchester. row of three
    Right: Rectangular game board carved on the steps of the
    Basilica Julia, Roman Forum, Rome.
    Left to right: Reading Museum, England. Photo by BabelStone / CC VB-SA3.0; Photo
    by Eric Livak-Dahl, 2004, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0, via Wikipedia

    DIAGONAL WIN HORIZONTAL WIN VERTICAL WIN ILLEGAL X-SHAPED


    ROW OF THREE

    © J. Paul Getty Trust

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