Rithmomachy: Unearth a 400-Year-Old Game

[bigfooted]

I have made a rithmomachy board, also known as the philosophers game. The game can be described as "chess combined with number theory": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rithmomachy

Unfortunately, all people that actually know how to play this game have died more than 400 years ago. ... or have they? Is there somebody with a rithmomachy board who is interested in playing a long-distance game? We could post the moves as pictures here so others can comment on our... creativity.

 

[jedishrfu]

Looks interesting, I couldn't find any tournaments for the game only the wikipedia article. It would be great if someone implemented the game on a tablet or website for multi-player gaming.

Processing IDE comes to mind as a means of developing a GUI for it and then adding code to allow for human vs computer play although like chess that would be a big endeavor.

 

[bigfooted]

I only discovered this applet:
http://symbolaris.com/applet/Rhythmomachia.html
But you can't play over the network.