2 players
Ludus Rebellionis (Asymmetric)
- Game family
- other
- Origin
- Italy
Overview
The Ludus Rebellionis appears in a sixteenth century Italian manuscript, with three different diagrams. This version is of an asymmetric game, where a King and Queen play against sixteen Pawns.
Source rules (English)
The game Ludus Rebellionis (Asymmetric) is played by two players on a 8x8 rectangle board with square tiling. Player one plays with Queens and Kings. Player two plays with Pawns. Rules for Pieces: Kings remove pieces at to then step adjacent. Pawns step forward. Queens if there is an enemy Player at to, 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 B8. 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 the next player cannot move, the moving player wins.