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Dris et-Tessa (Diagonals) DLP Game   

Period Modern

Region Northern Africa

Category Reconstruction, Done, Board, Space, Line

Description

Dris et-Tessa is a game played in eighteenth century Egypt. The board used is similar to others used throughout the world for alignment games.

Rules

Three concentric squares, with lines connecting their corners and the midpoints of each side.

These rules were taken from the Historical Information ruleset.

All Rulesets

Reconstructed rulesets
Dris et-Tessa (Diagonals) (Ludii 1) Reconstructed with Ludii
Dris et-Tessa (Diagonals) (Ludii 2) Reconstructed with Ludii
Dris et-Tessa (Diagonals) (Ludii 3) Reconstructed with Ludii
Dris et-Tessa (Diagonals) (Ludii 4) Reconstructed with Ludii
Dris et-Tessa (Diagonals) (Ludii 5) Reconstructed with Ludii
Dris et-Tessa (Diagonals) (Ludii 6) Reconstructed with Ludii
Dris et-Tessa (Diagonals) (Ludii 7) Reconstructed with Ludii
Dris et-Tessa (Diagonals) (Ludii 8) Reconstructed with Ludii
Dris et-Tessa (Diagonals) (Ludii 9) Reconstructed with Ludii
Dris et-Tessa (Diagonals) (Ludii 10) Reconstructed with Ludii

Incomplete rulesets
Historical Information From DLP evidence,

Origin

Egypt

Ludeme Description

Dris et-Tessa (Diagonals).lud

Concepts

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Reference

Murray 1951: 47.

Evidence Map

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Sources

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

Niebuhr, C. 1774. Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und andern umliegenden Ländern. Copenhagen: Nicolaus Müller.

Identifiers

DLP.Games.900


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