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Ludus Latrunculorum

• kiliantics 6y ago
  There is a game like this in Ireland, often referred to in Celtic mythology, where a definitive set of rules is unknown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidchell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidchell
  • monknomo 6y ago
    Looks like a Tafl game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_games
    • Jtsummers 6y ago
      The image is of Tafl as it's uncertain what a Fidchell game would have looked like but one theory is that it is similar to Tafl.
      • monknomo 6y ago
        aha, missed that detail, that is interesting
• throwaway894345 6y ago
  That article taught me that “checkers” is called “draughts” in British English. I wonder how Wikipedia chooses whether to refer to something by its British English name or its American English name when the two don’t agree?
  • gberger 6y ago
    > The official policy is to use British (AKA "Commonwealth") spelling when writing about British (or Commonwealth) topics, and American for topics relating to the United States. General topics can use any one of the variants, but should generally strive to be consistent within an article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Contributing#ENGLISH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Contributing#ENG...
• debo_ 6y ago
  Did anyone else click on this because it reminded them of a Harry Potter spell?
• mmcdermott 6y ago
  I worked on a version of this long, long ago. Broke it while porting it from Chicken Scheme to Common Lisp and never doubled back to fix it. Almost makes me want to dust off my first post-college side project.