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Roman Board games

Board games were very popular with the Romans.

We know this from archaeological finds - nearly every Roman site in Britain has provided evidence in the form of counters and boards.

In the 1990's at Colchester excavations at Stanway unearthed the grave of what could be a doctor - one of the many finds from here was a board game with the counters laid out as if it was ready to be played.

The gaming board as found

The game reconstructed

 

This image is of two young re-enactors playing a reconstruction of this actual gaming board together with replicas of the counters.

 

Re-enactors playing a replica of the Colchester gaming board

 

In the museums around the UK there are a large number of different gaming boards - often made from stone as shown in the images below

 

Gaming board

Gaming board

Gaming board

 

 

 

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  1. Thoughts?
    Mysterious stone underwater 6m down off Farne islands – northumbria

    — Ben · May 8, 10:30 #

  2. dude this is coolllllllllllllll!i really like it ya dig

    — nahelly · May 31, 01:39 #
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