Complex sentence: This popular medieval game was played with equal forces on each side and thus is not a tafl variant, but rather may be the medieval descendant of the Roman game "Latrunculi" or "Ludus latrunculorum".
Split into simpler sentences: This popular medieval game was played with equal forces on each side and thus is not a tafl variant. It may be the medieval descendant of the Roman game "latrunculi" or "ludus latrunculorum".