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Evidence for Tavelspel
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.2232
Type Ethnography
Location 64°59'23.75"N, 15°51'5.63"E
Date 1859-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Rules 13x13 intersecting lines. Two players. Each player has 26 pieces. Pieces begin on the two lines closest to each player, opposite sides of the board. Pieces move along the lines of the board to an adjacent spot. A piece can be captured by hopping over an opponent's adjacent piece to an empty spot immediately on the opposite side of it. Multiple captures are allowed. The player who captures allof the opponent's pieces wins.
Content Description of Tavelspel by O. P. Petersson as played by Swedish settlers in Dåres, Sweden: "13x13 intersecting lines. Two players. Each player has 26 pieces. Pieces begin on the two lines closest to each player, opposite sides of the board. Pieces move along the lines of the board to an adjacent spot. A piece can be captured by hopping over an opponent's adjacent piece to an empty spot immediately on the opposite side of it. Multiple captures are allowed. The player who captures allof the opponent's pieces wins." Petersson 1999: 402-404.
Confidence 100
Ages Child
Source Petersson, O. 1999. Nybyggares dagliga leverne: Nybyggare iVilhelmina i mitten av 1800-talet. Borås: Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet och Vilhelmina kommun.
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