<p>From your description, it sounds like you're describing the game-board for Qirkat, which is a precursor to Checkers/Draughts:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/CYSnS.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/CYSnS.jpg" alt="Alquerque board layout from Wikipedia"></a></p>

<p>There are many games which use this or a similar board (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alquerque#See_also" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this Wikipedia link</a> lists some of them), but neither Qirkat nor any of the variants I know have a uniquely Lithuanian origin.</p>

<p>As far as I understand, this type of game board was rather wide-spread throughout medieval Europe, although exactly what games were played on them isn't so clear from country to country. Without, for example, <em>pieces</em> or <em>instructions</em>, both of which are generally harder to find in the archeological record, it's mostly a matter of speculation.</p>

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2017-09-15T13:15:37.727Z
Thanks a lot. That is exactly the board, and now that I have the name, I can search for it.
user11235
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goldPseudo
<p>In the Lithuanian historical museum is an old piece of wood with a scratched game board.</p>

<p>The game board consists of a square grid with five lines in each (horizontal and vertical) direction. There are also lines from each corner of the grid to the opposite corner, and lines between the midpoints of the outside of the grid.</p>

<p>Pieces are placed on the intersections of lines.</p>

<p>Does someone know the name of this game?</p>

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2017-08-29T14:14:44.783Z
Do you have a picture?
LeppyR64
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2017-08-29T15:18:57.070Z
And could you provide a description, or better yet a picture, of the pieces?
Thunderforge
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2017-08-29T15:49:54.850Z
Does the museum have any information on what game it is?  It seems odd that they would have something on display with no information.
BJ Myers
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2017-08-30T15:38:05.850Z
"diagonals connecting the midpoints of outer sides"? I can't even guess how that would look.
npst
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2017-09-01T12:11:54.920Z
@npst imagine a 4x4 checkerboard.  Draw a line from the point on the far left between rows 2 and 3 to the the point on the bottom between columns 2 and 3.  Repeat for the other 3 diagonals.
LeppyR64
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2017-09-04T14:48:54.443Z
@LeppyR64 I think my confusion was based in the belief that a rectangle had only two diagonals. But hey, now I know about colloquial uses for "diagonal"
npst
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2017-09-10T00:24:24.540Z
@npst Where I am we say that bishops move along the diagonals in Chess.  Cheers!
LeppyR64
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Identify old Lithuanian board game
user11235
# Identify old Lithuanian board game

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-29)

In the Lithuanian historical museum is an old piece of wood with a scratched game board.

The game board consists of a square grid with five lines in each (horizontal and vertical) direction. There are also lines from each corner of the grid to the opposite corner, and lines between the midpoints of the outside of the grid.

Pieces are placed on the intersections of lines.

Does someone know the name of this game?

**Tags:** identify-this-game

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Do you have a picture?  
> **username_2**: And could you provide a description, or better yet a picture, of the pieces?  
> **username_3**: Does the museum have any information on what game it is?  It seems odd that they would have something on display with no information.  
> **username_4**: "diagonals connecting the midpoints of outer sides"? I can't even guess how that would look.  
> **username_1**: @username_4 imagine a 4x4 checkerboard.  Draw a line from the point on the far left between rows 2 and 3 to the the point on the bottom between columns 2 and 3.  Repeat for the other 3 diagonals.  
> **username_4**: @username_1 I think my confusion was based in the belief that a rectangle had only two diagonals. But hey, now I know about colloquial uses for "diagonal"  
> **username_1**: @username_4 Where I am we say that bishops move along the diagonals in Chess.  Cheers!  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2017-09-04. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

From your description, it sounds like you're describing the game-board for Qirkat, which is a precursor to Checkers/Draughts:

[![Alquerque board layout from Wikipedia](https://i.sstatic.net/CYSnS.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/CYSnS.jpg)

There are many games which use this or a similar board ([this Wikipedia link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alquerque#See_also) lists some of them), but neither Qirkat nor any of the variants I know have a uniquely Lithuanian origin.

As far as I understand, this type of game board was rather wide-spread throughout medieval Europe, although exactly what games were played on them isn't so clear from country to country. Without, for example, *pieces* or *instructions*, both of which are generally harder to find in the archeological record, it's mostly a matter of speculation.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks a lot. That is exactly the board, and now that I have the name, I can search for it.  

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