Aeterna: Ancient Board Games
Classic Strategy & Two Player
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
9 ancient civilizations. One museum. New: Hnefatafl, Mancala, Fanorona & more — all offline, no account needed.
Step into a living museum of strategy.
Aeterna brings ancient board games back to life — each drawn from a different civilization, each with its own logic and rhythm.
— MANCALA — Africa & the Middle East, Ancient Era
Hands sow stones pit by pit around the board into your own store. Three thousand years of patience have worn these pits smooth — one of the oldest games alive.
— BAGH-CHAL — Nepal, 16th Century
Four tigers hunt twenty goats across a sacred board. A tense asymmetric battle of predator and prey, born in the Himalayas.
— MŪ TŌRERE — New Zealand, 19th Century
A Māori star-shaped board where every move constrains the next. Deceptively elegant, surprisingly deep.
— LATRUNCULI — Rome, 1st Century BC
The game of Roman soldiers — a battle of flanking and annihilation played on stone boards across the Empire.
— SEEGA — Egypt, C. 1300 BC
Two armies quietly fill a 5×5 grid before the battle begins. Capture by flanking — one exposed stone is all it takes.
— SURAKARTA — Java, C. 16th Century
Two armies trace a 6×6 board webbed with looping corners. Capture by looping — ride the curve and strike from behind.
— PICARIA — American Southwest, c. 1700
Three pieces glide across a 13-point web of grid lines and hidden diagonals. Align three in a row to win — a Zuni Pueblo classic once played with pebbles and maize kernels.
— HNEFATAFL — Scandinavia, Viking Age
Defenders shield a king from besieging attackers on an 11×11 board. Reach a corner to escape — surround him on all four sides to end the siege.
— FANORONA — Madagascar, 17th Century
Two armies of stones cross a 45-point lattice, one step at a time. Capture sweeps a whole line at once, and it's compulsory — a single chain can clear a dozen stones.
FEATURES
• Play against AI or challenge a friend
• Museum aesthetic: period-authentic typography and ambient soundscape
• Available in English, Français, Español, Deutsch, 中文, हिन्दी
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You can now undo your last move right from the Game Over screen, and a winner icon now marks who won the match. This update also fixes gameplay issues in Picaria and Seega, plus general bug fixes and stability improvements.
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Information
- Seller
- Mohamed Ali BEN MANSOUR
- Size
- 60.4 MB
- Category
- Board
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.2 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.2 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.2 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.2 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 5 more
- English, French, German, Hindi, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Aeterna Premium $0.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Mohamed Ali Ben Mansour