@article{c86ad50f158c4b7f83860b5349f312ac,
title = "AI for Ancient Games: Report on the Digital Ludeme Project",
abstract = "This report summarises the Digital Ludeme Project, a recently launched 5-year research project being conducted at Maastricht University. This computational study of the world's traditional strategy games seeks to improve our understanding of early games, their development, and their role in the spread of related mathematical ideas throughout recorded human history.",
keywords = "Ancient games, General game systems, Strategy learning, transfer and explanation, Digital Ludeme Project, Digital arch AE oludology",
author = "Cameron Browne",
note = "Funding Information: The Digital Ludeme Project is a 5-year research project being conducted at Maastricht University over 2018–2023, funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant. The objectives of the project are to: An ultimate goal of the project is to produce a “family tree” of the world{\textquoteright}s traditional strategy games, with which the dispersal of games and related mathematical ideas might be traced throughout recorded history. Traditional strategy games are those with no proprietary owner [, p. 5] that exist in the public domain, and in which players succeed through mental rather than physical acumen. This study will cover the full range of such games throughout recorded human history, i.e. from around 3500 bc , from all countries and cultures worldwide. This paper gives a brief overview of this project, which is still in its early stages, with an emphasis on relevant AI aspects. Funding Information: This project is funded by a €2m European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (#771292) conducted at Maastricht University over 2018–2023. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, The Author(s).",
year = "2020",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1007/s13218-019-00600-6",
language = "English",
volume = "34",
pages = "89--93",
journal = "K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz",
issn = "0933-1875",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "1",
}