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Five Lines

By: New Venture Games

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: Board Games (New Venture)

Last Stocked on 9/17/2024

Product Info

Title
Five Lines
Publisher
Category
Dimensions
4.5x6x1.5"
NKG Part #
2148052060
Type
Boxed Game
Age Range
10 Years and Up
# Players
2 Players
Game Length
10 - 20 Minutes

Description

Five Lines is one of the oldest board games known, surviving from ancient Greece where it was known as “Pente Grammai.” Around 600 BC the Greek poet Alkaios referred to the game in one of his poems, and clay game boards have been found dating to the same period. Around 500 BC the Athenians wrote that Ajax and Achilles played it during the siege of Troy. Players’ pawns race around the outer circle attempting to get their pieces into the peg-holes on the center line by a count of the die. Chance is a significant element in the game, which it has in common with most race games.

This game can be played by 2 players ages 6 and up. One game of Five Lines takes about 10 Minutes to play.