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HistoryGames.it is the 'Ludus in Tabula!' project, a one-person Italian study and production of handmade archaeological reconstructions of ancient board games. Gualtiero Tumolo reports recovering and reconstructing twenty-two ancient games in numerous shape and material variants, made by hand in wood and leather, with rules drawn from library research, museum collections and archaeological survey across the ancient Mediterranean. The catalogue spans Sumerian, Egyptian, Roman and medieval titles such as the Royal Game of Ur, Senet, Mehen, Duodecim Scripta, Tabula, Alquerque, Tablut and Tavola R…
Activity
- Country of Origin
- Italy
- Latest Game
- Il gioco della palma
- Latest Year
- Not listed
- Games listed
- 25
Published Games(25)
| Game Name |
|---|
| 20 Squares |
| Alquerque |
| Duodecim Scriptorum |
| El Mundo |
| Fox and Geese |
| Hounds and Jackals: Game of the Pharaohs |
| Il gioco dei 58 buchi |
| Il gioco della palma |
| Ludus latrunculorum |
| Mehen |
| Nine Men's Morris |
| Petteia |
| Senet |
| Tablut |
| Tabula |
| Tabula |
| Tavola dell'astronomia |
| Tavola delle quattro stagioni |
| Tavola reale |
| Terni lapilli |
| The Royal Game of Ur |
| Tic-Tac-Toe |
| Tria |
| Zara |
| Zodiac |