(Bow's before Bombur's Chessesque knowledge!) [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
Just to add another point, there was an ancient Welsh game which translates as 'throwboard' which comes up in the Mabinogion (written ~900s AD, but referring back to times well before). Probably a whole Celtic board game thing going on. I imagine board games like these go way back into prehistory in many cultures, so OK for Middle Earth.
Anyway, to digress slightly [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] , I can't believe you don't know snakes and ladders!
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