Period Modern

Region Central America, Northern America

Category Board, Hunt

Description

Coyote is a game said to have been played in Mexico in the late nineteenth century. It is unknown if it is still played now. It is a hunt game similar to those played around the world, and particularly close to the Spanish game Cercar la Liebre.

Rules

5x5 board with only the long diagonals of the board drawn.

These rules were taken from the Historical Information ruleset.

All Rulesets

Suggested rulesets
Murray Suggested by H. J. R. Murray.

Incomplete rulesets
Historical Information Rules from DLP evidence.

Origin

Mexico? Spain?

Ludeme Description

Coyote.lud

Concepts

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Reference

Murray 1951: 99.

Evidence Map

1 pieces of evidence in total. Browse all evidence for Coyote 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

Culin, S. 1898. Chess and Playing-Cards. Washington: Government Printing Office.

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

Similar Games

Cercar La Liebre

Pon Chochotl

Refskak

La Yagua

Adugo

Yaguarete Kora

Tuknanavuhpi

Baghchal

Alquerque

Hat Diviyan Keliya

Identifiers

DLP.Games.381

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