Which game dates back to at least the Roman Empire: Nine Men's Morris, or Icehouse pieces?
Icehouse pieces Icehouse pieces, or Icehouse Pyramids, Treehouse pieces, Treehouse Pyramids and officially Looney Pyramids, are nestable and stackable pyramid-shaped gaming pieces and a game system. The game system was invented by Andrew Looney and John Cooper in 1987, originally for use in the game of Icehouse.
Italian playing cards Playing cards ("carte da gioco") have been in Italy since the late 14th century. As Latin suited cards, they use swords ("spade"), cups ("coppe"), coins ("denari"), and clubs ("bastoni"). All Italian suited decks have three face cards per suit: the "fante" (Knave), "cavallo" (Knight), and "re" (King), unless it is a tarocchi deck in which case a "donna" or "regina" (Queen) is inserted between the "cavallo" and "re". Italian suited cards normally only refer to cards originating from northeastern Italy around the former Republic of Venice as the rest of Italy uses Spanish suits, French suits or German suits. Until the late 19th century, Italy was composed of many smaller independent states or under foreign occupation which led to the development of various regional patterns. Italian suited cards are largely confined to northern Italy, parts of Switzerland, Dalmatia and southern Montenegro. Popular games include Scopa, Briscola, Tressette, Bestia, and Sette e mezzo.