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[email protected] Board Games Studies, Vol. 3. International Journal for the Study of Board Games - Leiden 2000: Research School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS). ISSN 1566-1962 - (CNWS publications, ISSN 0925-3084) ISBN 90-5789-030-5 Subject heading: Board games. Board Games Studies: Internet: http://boardgamesstudies.org Cover photograph: Late-antique gaming table at the baths of Hadrian at Aphrodisias. (Photography: Ulrich Schädler. Published with the kind permission by R.R.R. Smith, Oxford). Typeset by Cymbalum, Paris (France) Cover design: Nelleke Oosten © Copyright 2000, Research School CNWS, Leiden University, The Netherlands Copyright reserved. Subject to the exceptions provided for by law, no part of this publication may be reproduced and/or published in print, by photocopying, on microfilm or in any other way without the written consent of the copyright-holder(s); the same applies to whole or partial adaptations. The publisher retains the sole right to collect from third parties fees in respect of copying and/or take legal or other action for this purpose.