Old Greek board game

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We used to play a simple Greek battle game. The pieces were simple shapes= triangles, squares, etc. Each shape matched a type of ancient greek army unit, such as hoplites. The idea was to “kill” an enemy shape unit by getting on two sides of it. This was back in the 1970’s.

Does anyone remember this game? Name?

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Could it have been one of the rule sets that came with Realm? You’ll need to have a free account to access the rules file on that site.

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Sorry, no. it was a standalone game with tick cardboard pieces.

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To judge by the description, it might be a modern reconstruction of the ancient game “Petteia” (or “Ludus Latrunculorum” for the Romans):

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I do not think so. That just used round pieces. The idea was to use the geometric shapes to attack other pieces.

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Phalanx? Phalanx | Board Game | BoardGameGeek

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Thats it!

I kept searching for “Hoplite”.

thanks.