Demala Diviyan Keliya
(Rafaya, Koti Sellama, Pulijudam)DLP Game
PeriodModern
RegionSouthern Asia
CategoryBoard, Hunt
Description
Demala Diviyan Keliya is a hunt game known by many names played throughout South Asia, and documented since the early twentieth century.
Rules
Played with three "leopards" and fifteen "dogs." The pieces are placed on the intersections of the lines, and move along the lines to the next intersection. The game starts with the leopards on the board, but in the beginning the player controlling the dogs places one dog on an intersection until they are all on the board. After this, the dogs move in the same manner as the leopards. The leopard can hop over a dog as in draughts, capturing it. The leopard wins the game if it captures more than half of the dogs, the dogs win if they block the leopard from being able to move.
Parker 1909: 581.
Origin
South Asia
Ludeme Description
Demala Diviyan Keliya.lud
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Reference
Murray 1951: 107.
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Sources
Murray, H.J.R. 1951. A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Parker, H. 1909. Ancient Ceylon. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services.
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