Pân



Pân (S."Plank") was a popular board Game among the Númenóreans and Dúnedain.It was in fact derived from the older elvish Boradgame "Panta" but consisted of heavily modified rules.It was similar to modern chess and Draughts, but more complex.The Games goal was to beat the opponent in a naval battle, every player had a fixed number of game stones representing different ship types, with different moves, strenthts and weaknesses.

The Game was especially popular among the nobility who regarded it highly as the "game of Philosophers and Kings".It was far less popular among lower citizens who enjoyed more simple games such as "lae" instead.