This game was played by the Mbenga people of central Africa in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It is a simple alignment game similar to others played throughout the world.
Rules
3x3 intersecting lines with diagonals. Three pieces per player. Players alternate turns placing a piece on the board. The first player to place three of their pieces in a row wins.
Trilles 1932: 397
Origin
Central Africa
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Sources
Trilles, R. 1932. Les pygmées de la forêt equatoriale. Paris: Librairie Bloud & Gay.