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Balkan Mancala DLP Game   

Period Modern

Region Southern Europe

Description

This two-row mancala-style game, the name of which has not been preserved, is attested in traveler's accounts and archaeological excavations of the Balkans.

Rules

2x6 board. Several counters in each hole. Players sow the counters. When the final counter lands in a hole, making it contain an uneven number of counters, the counters are captured. The player who captures all the counters wins.

Origin

Balkans

Ludeme Description

Balkan Mancala.lud

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Sources

Bikić, V. and J. Vuković. 2010. "Board Games Reconsidered. Mancala in the Balkans." Етноантрополошки проблеми 1: 183-209.

Poullet. 1668. Nouvelles relations du Levant. Paris: Louis Billaine.

Identifiers

DLP.Games.1500

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