Popular games in Russia

Popular board games in Russia

1. Sea battle

Author, date, place: Peter Kondratev, 1870, Russia

Aim: player must destroy all opponent"s ships. The winner is player, who will be first.

Notes: this  game only for play on the paper. 

2. Checkers

Author, date, place: Palamed, 1300 before our era, Egypt.

Aim: player must "eat" opposite figures. First player is winner.

Notes: figures can step only on the black cells, only on the diagonal and only forward.

3. Loto

Author, date, place: Italy, 1530 (author unknown)

Aim: Every player has a card (9x3) with numbers. One player gets barrels, talk numbers and players put tricks on card (close numbers). The winner is player, who  first closes all numbers.