Ancient games

There are board games, like the ones you played during your childhood days, and then there are board games that haven’t even been heard of. The latter category is from different cultures and variou…

Five lines is a board game from at least the 7th century BCE. There are no known extant rules, but we can speculate on how to play. Here's what we know about the historic game of five lines!

This 80cm x 80cm stunning Marble Moksha Patam, with 12 ladders and 11 snakes is also known as the Game of Self Inquiry. It is an ancient Indian board game that holds significant cultural and spiritual importance. The renowned Indian poet Saint Gyandev invented Moksha Patam, in the 13th century and it is considered a precursor to the modern-day game of Snakes and Ladders. Similar to the Muslim Sufi boards from the late 17th and early 18th centuries and the later simplified Western version…

Design: Altuğ KarakahyaLocation: TurkeyProject Type: ProducedClient: Arketip ArtsProduct Launch Location: TurkeyPackaging Contents: Handcrafted Board GamesPackaging Substrate / Materials: Fabric, P…

Handmade game of Five Lines (in Greek called ”Pente Grammai”), with natural leather board, wooden dice, and glass stones. Hand-burnt decoration on the board and dice. Inspired by a popular ancient boardgame. Ideal game for reenactors or lovers of history in general. Dimensions: ca. 27 x 12 cm. Sold with playing instructions in English. SELLING EXCLUSIVELY TO THE EU Each order comes with an invoice, so if you want other data on it (like your company, museum, or reenactment group), please let…

Some were played over 4,000 years ago!

Easy Hands-on Fun Ancient Greek Games for Kids DIY Knucklebones. If you're doing hands-on history and want to add ancient Greek games for kids, you'll love this knucklebones history game. I am sharing with you how to make and play Knucklebones. It's one of the oldest discovered ancient games. Knucklebones is an ancient Greek game typically played with 5 small objects

Thousands of years before Monopoly, people were playing games like Senet, Patolli and Chaturanga