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Five LinesFive 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 tigers hunt the goats while the goats attempt to block the tigers' movements

For even more excitement

the losing player usually declares the loss with pieces still in play

they move and capture opposing pieces by ending their turn on an occupied space

Once such a rectangle is identified

Placing pieces to form a row of three will win

Our travel version of this classic game is made in the USA for 2 players age 8+

Game historians have devised several sets of rules that can be played on the board

including combinations that add reinforcements in the lines of battle

Click Here to learn more about the history of this game by visiting its Wikipedia Page

It's very similar to the Royal Game of Ur

but the goats cannot move until all 15 have been placed