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Dec 22, 2025·How to play·02:45·110·Watch on YouTube

How to play the ancient Roman game of Duodecim Scriptorum!

NewVenture Games

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Watch “How to play the ancient Roman game of Duodecim Scriptorum!,” a how-to-play guide for Duodecim Scriptorum from NewVenture Games on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by NewVenture Games on YouTube:

A very popular game in th Roman Empire over two thousand years ago, it's a game that influenced later race games and "tables" games like Backgammon. Click here for more "How To Play" game videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcuNwI2XUBfCzIi7hLxvAI2cvkX1ayxlM&si=WdGUFVuYBZ-8M3vA Click here for more 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/33690/duodecim-scriptorum ____________ #boardgames #familygames #gamehistory #ancientgames #vintagegames #tabletop #newventure #howtoplay #romangames

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Duodecim Scriptorum

Duodecim Scriptorum

2010

2 players
30 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Duodecim Scriptorum, from BoardGameGeek:

This game is sometimes referred to an "Roman backgammon" but is different not only because of the board-- which could be drawn in the dirt using "12 Lines" and hence the name-- and because the Romans used tetrahedral knuck-bones instead of the more modern six-sided dice, the game is also more like the backgammon variant Acey-Ducey [traditional among seamen] in that the pieces start off the board, that rolls must be exact to take a piece off the board and other details.

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