The Game of Little Soldiers
Rome’s strategy game, played with glass counters from Britain to Syria

MARCH & FLANK

Your men move like rooks: any distance along a rank or file. Trap an enemy man between two of yours to capture him.

BREAK THE BAND

Cut the Brigand’s force down to two men, or freeze him with no legal move. Walking between two enemies yourself is safe: only the closing move captures.

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LUDUS LATRUNCULORUM
Flank to capture. Two men make an ambush.
You 12/12 men
The Brigand 12/12 men
Quiet moves: 0 / 60 (at the limit, most men wins)

Your move. White glass marches first.

HOW TO PLAY
Ludus Latrunculorum — Roman strategy (modern reconstruction)

MOVING

Twelve men each on an 8×8 board. A man moves like a rook: any number of empty squares along a rank or file. No jumping, no diagonals.

CAPTURING

Finish a move so an enemy man stands directly between the man you moved and another of your men (orthogonally) and that enemy is captured. One move can flank several men in different directions at once.

SAFE PASSAGE

Moving your own man INTO the gap between two enemies is safe. Only the move that closes the trap captures. Corners and walls do not capture — only a true two-man flank does.

WINNING

Reduce the Brigand to two men (two men cannot flank), or leave him without a legal move. If 60 consecutive moves pass without a capture, the side with more men wins the siege.

YOU WIN
The band of brigands is broken. Rome is safer tonight.
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