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[7decoeur]

*Ignores image completely and hopes it is 7 Wonders and all its extensions*

[dirkana]

hi,

Search the picture on google and it shoulde be athens and Sparta. A 2007 game from Tom Dalgliesh. But then again it could be something else. It is just my guess.

Greetings

[Aurelion]

CYKLADES!!!

And then, Kemet, pretty please!

[Matasiete]

Please POLIS, and then "15 Dias, The Spanish golden age" from the same publisher!!!

[squarerootofthree]

It won't be Battle Line, because as far as I know, Knizia has never allowed his games to be played for free online.

[AlliantieAJ]

Probably Battle line but other guess Pocket Battles: Macedonians vs Persians

[Harryp19]

Maybe Pente?

I can see why you thought of Pente, but while the box art of Pente has a similar image on it, it's not the same one.
This image is a classical vase painting of Ajax and Achilles playing a game, but I'm not sure which game it's referring to.

E: The coloring seems off comparing to the normal images of the scene (normally blackfigured vase painting, now a redfigured/yellowfigured version), and looks quite close to the Polis: Fight for the Hegemony box art.

[Locu]

I think and hope Polis!

[Tann]

Nice try Souris: I saw through your red herring of Polis, it's obviously a reference to The Police and their song "Message in a bottle"! What is this message, you may ask? It must be http://tinyurl.com/pssmdg2

[pillius]

this painting has nothing to do with Athens and Sparta. It is a black-figure amphora that depicts an unknown ancient board game. by some it is considered to be some ancient predecessor of chess although this is widely considered unlikely. From ancient sources we only know the name of similar board games, they were called "pesseia" which means a game played with "pieces", possibly similar to modern chess pieces... It is likely that dice was used to move the pieces.