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Evidence for Mak Khom
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.1698
Type Ethnography
Location Thailand
Date 1836-01-01 - 1836-12-31
Rules 2x7 board. Seven counters in each hole. Sowing occurs in an anti-clockwise direction. In the first move, each player takes the contents of the leftmost hole and sows them except for the last counter, which is set aside. When sowing, players may take the entire contents of a hole, or only part of them. The players agree on a number of counters which need to be captured in order to win.
Content "Mak khom is a trough with seven cups on each side. The players have each forty-nine counters distributed equally in the cups, i.e., seven each. Each takes out the contents of his first cup, and counts them out to the right hand to the last number,-setting aside the counter which remains. They then begin with the second number, and , when its contents have been told out, they respectively take out of the cups (amongst which the last told out counter falls) their contents, and proceed to count as before. They may take the whole of the number in any cup, or only part of it. The parties agree that after a certain number has been won by one of them the game shall cease-as it may be immoderately lengthened out." Low 1839: 380.
Confidence 100
Source Low, J. 1839. 'On Siamese Literature.' Asiatic Researches 20(2): 338-392.
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