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Feb 16, 2026·How to play·02:05·120·Watch on YouTube

DISPUTED! Five Lines is an ancient Greek board game, but not without some controversy.

NewVenture Games

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Description provided by NewVenture Games on YouTube:

Often recognized as an ancestor of Backgammon, the rules to this ancient Greek race game are pure speculation. In fact, some game historians arent even sure that this game IS the "Five Lines" referred to in ancient writings. Get your copy of our Peg Pastimes travel version here: https://newventuregames.com/products/five-lines This version of the rules has been practiced for the past 100 years or so after the archeologists uncovered game boards in the ancient ruins. Click here for more "How To Play" game videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcuNwI2XUBfCzIi7hLxvAI2cvkX1ayxlM&si=WdGUFVuYBZ-8M3vA Click here for Game History videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcuNwI2XUBfBp6oQ1_pMfqqA4EKNWkb4S&si=zcXatv5D9Uz03qRP ...and be sure to visit us elsewhere: https://newventuregames.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/NewVentureGames Learn more about the game at BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/340997/five-lines ____________ #boardgames #familygames #gamehistory #ancientgames #vintagegames #tabletop #newventure #howtoplay

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Five Lines

Five Lines

2 players
20 min

About Five Lines, from BoardGameGeek:

Five Lines comes from ancient Greece, where it was known as Pente Grammai. Around 600 BCE, the Greek poet Alkaois referred to the game in one of his poems, and clay game boards have been found dating to the same period. During the decades around 500 BCE, the Athenians wrote that Ajax and Achilles played the game during the siege of Troy. For that reason, it is sometimes called "the game of heroes". The game became very popular in Rome, where the board uses spaces instead of lines.

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