Yeah, I'd spotted it was 8x8 rather than 7x7, but when I saw the the arrangement of pieces I jumped to the conclusion that is was possibly played with dice and one could make pulls like tAblero. But... i failed to spot there were *16* pieces on the board rather than *8*. Ho Hum
But... i failed to spot there were *16* pieces on the board rather than *8*.
Ho Hum
Rules: (Phear my Google-fu!)
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/roma/latruncu.html
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/roma/rbgames.html
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/boardgameslat1.html
Oddly the notoriously accurate Wikipedia cites a 8x7!!! board:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrunculi
As for my spelling *meh* That'll be why I couldn't find in on the web for a while after you taught me to play it!
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