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1 Ancient Roman Fun and Games By: Lianna DeBor http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/roma/rbgames.html

2 A few popular games in ancient Rome… Tali Tesserae Tabula Mancala Latrunculi

3 Tali Knucklebones  sheep or goat knucklebones Also made from brass, silver, gold, ivory, marble, wood, bone, bronze, glass, terracotta, and precious gems Four sides; each with a 1, 3, 4 or 6 on it  Found in Pompeii Gambling Game

4 Tali Continued  1 st two are glass 3 rd is lead Four Tali dropped from a moderate height onto a table or the ground. Score came from side facing up. There are three scoring methods for Tali: - Simple - Senio - Extended Each getting a bit more intricate  Found in Athens

5 Tesserae Numbers on dice arranged so that only 2 opposite sides would equal 7 Shaken in a cup then tossed Bets were placed The government restricted gambling because it became such a problem; so people started playing gambling games secretly

6 Tabula “Backgammon” Tabula was one of the games primarily responsible for the gambling problem in Rome.

7 Tabula rules Each player has 15 round playing chips Pieces enter from square 1 and travel counter clockwise 3 dice are thrown, three numbers determine movements between 1 and 3 pieces Player must use whole value of throw if possible If player lands on a spot that already has one of the opponents pieces on it, the opponent’s piece was removed from the board and had to re-enter from square 1 If a player has 2 or more pieces on a spot the opponent can not capture their pieces, the spot was ‘closed’ to the opponent Can not enter 2 nd half of board ‘till all pieces have entered the board No piece may exit the board until all pieces enter last quarter of board

8 Succession of these game boards led up to the Tabula board

9 Mancala Oldest board game of all Race game, Trying to get the most stones in your big square  Common Mancala board

10 Latrunculi Most popular thinking game Name comes from latrones meaning mercenaries, referring to soldiers  Most common size; 8 by 12


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