It was the summer of 2020, and researcher Walter Crist was wandering around the exhibits inside a Dutch museum dedicated to the presence of the ancient Roman empire in the Netherlands. As a ...

For years, experts have been puzzled by a rock, which was found in the Dutch city of Heerlen more than one hundred years ago. It's now thought that it formed the main part of a 2-player game, which ...

The game the AI reconstructed — now dubbed Ludus Coriovalli (Game of Coriovallum) — is an asymmetric battle of attrition. It ...

The lines worn into an engraved limestone object from the Netherlands are consistent with the idea that it was a Roman game ...

Amid Rome’s crowds of tourists and souvenir stalls, a Renaissance palace offers an escape from the chaos. Just steps from the ...

Researchers have used AI to reconstruct the rules of a board game carved into a stone found in the Dutch city of Heerlen. The ...

The researchers had two AIs play a large number of ancient European board games, including Scandinavia’s Haretavl and Italy’s ...

Researchers used AI-driven virtual players to test more than 100 rule sets, matching gameplay to wear patterns on a Roman limestone board.