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Polis (Gr****: πόλις, lit. 'city-state') was an
ancient Gr****
board game. One of the
earliest known strategy games,
polis was a
wargame resembling checkers...
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called '
petteia' (games pla**** with 'pessoi', i.e. 'pieces' or 'men').
According to Plato, they are all
Egyptian in origin. The name '
petteia'
seems to...
- At some
point in the war,
Achilles and Ajax were
playing a
board game (
petteia). They were
absorbed in the game and
oblivious to the
surrounding battle...
- was pla**** by the
pharaoh Hatshepsut.
Plato mentioned a game, πεττεία or
petteia, as
being of
Egyptian origin, and
Homer also
mentions it. The
method of...
- At some
point in the war
Achilles and Ajax were
playing a
board game (
petteia). They were
absorbed in the game and
oblivious to the
surrounding battle...
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century BC), in
which he
mentions the
Ancient Gr**** game of
petteia. This game of
petteia would later evolve into the
Roman ludus latrunculorum. Board...
- is
believed to be a
variant of
earlier Gr****
games known variously as
petteia, pessoí, psêphoi,
poleis and
pente grammaí, to
which references are found...
- the game was pla**** by
Queen Hatasu.
Plato mentioned a game, πεττεία or
Petteia [el], as
being of
Egyptian origin, and
Homer also
mentions it. The game...
- the
three types of
winning arrangements as they
might appear on an 8x8
Petteia board.
Obviously the
cramped conditions would result in a draw most of...
- shogi, Dai
hasami shogi, Ming Mang, Gundru, Seega,
Ludus latrunculorum,
Petteia, and Firdawsi’s Nard. They also bear
resemblance to the Tafl
games which...
