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Evidence for Dama (Comoros)
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.847
Type Ethnography
Location Grande Comore
Date 2018-06-01 - 2018-06-30
Rules Played on an 8x8 board. 16 pieces per player, lined up in the second and third rows (first row on each side is empty). Pieces move forward or horizontally one space, and capture opponents' pieces by jumping in these directions. When they reach the opposite side, they become a king and can jump opponents' pieces from any distance orthogonally. Captures must be taken if possible, and the maximum number of jumps must be made. Multiple captures cannot be made by moving 180 degrees from the previous jump. Pieces can be promoted to king mid-jump. Winning is achieved by capturing all of the other player's pieces or by blocking them so they cannot move.
Content "Dama refers to a series of games on Grande Comore...they wouold draw a board with chalk on the pavement and gathered game pieces to make a gaming set. The first pattern they would draw is a board of 64 fields. The board is uncheckered and pieces are places as in Turkish Draughts...There is promotion to a long king and there are only orthogonal captures with no backward captures for unpromoted pieces." de Voogt 2019: 5–6.
Confidence 100
Source de Voogt, A. 2019. 'The Comoros: A confluence of board game histories.' Board Game Studies 13: 1–13.
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