A NEW GAME.
Under the name of Polemos, a new war 1 game has been invented, and was ex- 1 hibited at the offices of the " United Service Gazette',", the other day. It may ' be discribed as a kind of military chese, " and can be played on a dining table on which, ia spread a cloth off (ntg twelve two inch ant} representing a battlo field ten into by The "pieces" are made oflead, and represent each arm of the service. Thfypjayers* hav« each an equal number of pieces, and resoryos.in boxos, and a very interesting and instructive game may be played by two or more players. In tho, game ius|. played no obstructions like fivers, bridge? hills or forests, were u»od, but tne invonr. tor explains that these can bo added when V -* <\ewi, sq a§ to represent with tolerable | accuvaoy, a real battle fiekl. %' moves. J are sufficiently simple' .to enable officers to play tho gainiJ'with, very |ittjWH practice, and tj)o combination often nH comes sufficiently intricate to intercuji evowßj Hold officers. a|[M
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1931, 5 March 1885, Page 2
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175A NEW GAME. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1931, 5 March 1885, Page 2
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