GameTable in the media

Date: August 20, 2026
Location: Trogir, Croatia

GameTable research in Trogir featured by the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Historic game boards carved into stone in Trogir, Croatia

The Slovak Academy of Sciences has published an article on an international research team studying medieval game boards in Trogir, Croatia, with support from COST Action CA22145 – GameTable.

The collaboration brings together the Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, the Trogir City Museum and the University of Reading. The team includes Branislav Kovár, Anton Arpáš, Lujana Paraman, Aleksandra Matura, Summer Courts and Tim Penn.

Researchers documented 32 game boards around St Lawrence’s Cathedral and six near the Church of St John the Baptist. Close-range photogrammetry was used to create 3D models, helping to investigate the role of games in medieval public and religious spaces.

Read the article on the Slovak Academy of Sciences website ↗

COST

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding agency for research and innovation networks. Our Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to grow their ideas by sharing them with their peers. This boosts their research, career and innovation.

ACTION CA22145

GameTable – Computational Techniques for Tabletop Games Heritage. An international and interdisciplinary network of scholars and stakeholders from all career stages across academia, industry, and heritage institutions to inspire methodologies and applications on how to use game AI to study, reconstruct, and preserve the intangible cultural heritage of games.

Action Details

Action Chair: Dr. Éric Piette
Start Date: 24 October 2023
End Date: 23 October 2027
Approval date: 16 May 2023
Grant Holder: UCLouvain

Email: eric.piette@uclouvain.be