Period Modern

Region Western Africa

Category Reconstruction, Done, Board, Space, Line

Description

Adzua is a game played by men of the Jukun people in Nigeria.

Rules

5x6 board, rendered as holes in the ground. Twelve pieces per player. Players alternate turns placing a piece in one of the holes. When a player succeeds in making a line of three holes with their pieces, they capture one of the opponent's pieces.

These rules were taken from the Historical Information ruleset.

All Rulesets

Reconstructed rulesets
Adzua (Ludii 1) Reconstructed with Ludii
Adzua (Ludii 2) Reconstructed with Ludii
Adzua (Ludii 3) Reconstructed with Ludii
Adzua (Ludii 4) Reconstructed with Ludii
Adzua (Ludii 5) Reconstructed with Ludii
Adzua (Ludii 6) Reconstructed with Ludii
Adzua (Ludii 7) Reconstructed with Ludii
Adzua (Ludii 8) Reconstructed with Ludii
Adzua (Ludii 9) Reconstructed with Ludii
Adzua (Ludii 10) Reconstructed with Ludii

Incomplete rulesets
Historical Information Rules from DLP evidence.

Origin

Nigeria

Ludeme Description

Adzua.lud

Concepts

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Reference

Meek 1931: 456.

Evidence Map

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Evidence category: All Artifact Art Text Ethnography

Evidence coloured based on: Age None

Map style: Streets OpenStreetMaps ArcGIS Topographique Voyager

Sources

Meek, C. 1931. A Sudanese Kingdom: An Ethnographical Study of the Jukun Speaking Peoples of Nigeria. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co.

Identifiers

DLP.Games.1256

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