2 players

Ludus Rebellionis 1

Game family: other
Origin: Italy

Overview

The Ludus Rebellionis appears in a sixteenth century Italian manuscript, with three different diagrams. In this version each side plays with a King, Queen, and sixteen Pawns which are intermingled in the starting position.

Source rules (English)

The game Ludus Rebellionis 1 is played by two players on a 8x8 rectangle board with square tiling. All players play with Queens, Kings and Pawns. Rules for Pieces: Kings if there is an enemy Player at to, remove pieces at to then step adjacent. Pawns remove pieces at to then step adjacent. Queens remove pieces at to then step adjacent. Players take turns moving. Setup: Place a King for player one on site H8. Place a Queen for player one on site G8. Place a King for player two on site A8. Place a Queen for player two on site B8. Place a Pawn for player one at the difference between the bottom sites of the board expanded by 3 steps and all sites within [0,2,4,6,9,11,13,15,16,18,20,22,25,27,29,31,32,34,36,38,41,43,45,47,48,50,52,54,57,59,61,63]. Place a Pawn for player two at the difference between the bottom sites of the board expanded by 3 steps and all sites within [1,3,5,7,8,10,12,14,17,19,21,23,24,26,28,30,33,35,37,39,40,42,44,46,49,51,53,55,56,58,60,62].. Rules: Move one of your pieces then if 1 is equal to State at King of the next player is in and King of the next player is threatened, set the state of the Cell King of the next player is in to 0. Aim: If King of the next player is threatened and not can move move one of your pieces, the moving player wins If the moving player cannot move or Counter is equal to 99, it's a draw.