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November 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments
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3 responses so far ↓
1 S. Ben Melhuish // Nov 18, 2008 at 7:45 pm
See also Rithmomachy (http://playthisthing.com/rithmomachy-or-philosphers-game).
2 Mister Peacock // Nov 19, 2008 at 8:17 am
Interesting post. I notice that many of these games have 63 squares, and a quick Googling doesn’t explain much.
I wonder what the reason is for there being 63 squares?
3 Adam // Nov 19, 2008 at 8:33 am
I like the Musical Toy [1811] one the best, while visually trippy it doesn’t look difficult to play [pun intended]. British Regency Karaoke, mayhap?
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