Ban Sugoroku ~ Ancient Japanese Game and the Ancestor to Backgammon. ancient_egyptian The board itself can be

The board itself can be removed from the stand and underneath the board I have placed an engraved

Can you move all of your pieces through to the afterlife before your opponent

pawns and casting sticks

This is Nine Men's Morris

Its rules are described in Chapter 2 and in the Appendix of the book

Ban Sugoroku ~ Ancient Japanese Game and the Ancestor to Backgammon. ancient_egyptian The board itself can beThe Ancient Japanese Game of Ban Sugoroku. The Ancestor to modern Backgammon. Ban Sugoroku first becomes documented in Japan around the 6th C. AD and remained popular into the Edo Period, when it found favor as a gambling game. The game was outlawed in Feudal Japan and even owning a board could result in your death. The game is believed to be the direct ancestor of modern Backgammon and indeed the board as it sits could be used in conjunction with