Games ancient and oriental, and how to play them; being the games of the ancient Egyptians, the heira gramme of the Greeks, the ludus latrunculorum of the Romans, and the oriental games of chess, draughts, backgammon, and magic squares by Falkener, Edward, 1814-1896 –

CONTENTS. I. INTRODUCTION. II. THE GAMES OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. 9 Dr. Birch's Researches on the games of Ancient Egypt III. Queen Hatasu's Draught-board and men, now in the British Museum 22 IV. The game of Tau, or the game of Robbers ; afterwards played and called by the same name, Ludus Latrunculorum, by the Romans 37 V. The game of Senat ; still played by the modern Egyptians, and called by them Seega 63 VI. The game of Han ; The game of the Bowl 83 VII. The game of the Sacred Way ; the Hicra Gramme of the Greeks 91 VIII. The game of Atep ; still played by Italians, and by them called Mora 103 CHESS. IX. Chess Notation — A new system of 116 X. Chaturanga. Indian Chess 119 " Alberuni's description of 139 XI. Chinese Chess 143 XII. Japanese Chess 155 XIII. Burmese Chess 177 XIV. Siamese Chess 191 XV. Turkish Chess 196 XVI. Tamerlane's Chess 197 XVII. Game of the Maharajah and the Sepoys 217 XVIII. Double Chess 225 XIX. Chess Problems 229 DRAUGHTS. XX. Draughts 235 XXI. Polish Draughts 236 XXII. Turkish Draughts 237 XXIII. Wei-iti and Go : The Chinese and Japanese game of Enclosing 239 BACKGAMMON. XXIV. Backgammon 252 XXV. German Backgammon 254 XXVI. Turkish Backgammon 255 XXVII. Pachiti : or Indian Backgammon 257 XXVIII. Chautar, and Chawput 263 XXIX. Ashta-Kashtc 265 MAGIC SQUARES. XXX. Magic Squares 269 XXXI. Odd Squares 271 XXXII. Even Squares, whose halves are even 279 XXXIII. Even Squares, whose halves are uneven 289 XXXIV. To form a Magic Square, beginning at any cell 296 XXXV. Magic Squares in compartments 301 XXXVI. Magic Squares in borders 303 XXXVII. Hollow and Fancy Squares, and Magic Circles and Pentagons 305 XXXVIII. The Knight's Tour 309 XXXIX. The Knight's Magic Square 319 XL. The Knight's Magic Square, beginning at any cell 325 XLI. Indian Magic Squares 337 XLII. FIGURES OF THE KNIGHT'S TOUR. 345 Appendix I. Rules of the Egyptian Games 357 " II. Addenda et Corrigenda 362 " III. Lower Empire Games 364 Digitized by Google.
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