Period Modern

Region Western Africa

Category Reconstruction, Done, Board, Space, Line

Description

Atidada is an alignment game played in what is now Togo and Ghana. The details are not completely described, but it can be played with three, six or 20 pieces per player. The board is made in the ground, and sticks are used as pieces.

Rules

Similar to Merels games. The board is square in shape. Played with three, six, or twenty pieces per player.

These rules were taken from the Historical Information ruleset.

All Rulesets

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

Incomplete rulesets
Historical Information Rules known from the DLP evidence.

Origin

West Africa

Ludeme Description

Atidada.lud

Concepts

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Reference

Murray 1951: 43.

Evidence Map

1 pieces of evidence in total. Browse all evidence for Atidada here.

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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

Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Schönhärl, J. 1909. Volkskundliches aus Togo. Dresden and Leipzig: C. U. Kochs Verlagsbuchhandlung.

Identifiers

DLP.Games.1142

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