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Pretwa DLP Game   

Period Modern

Region Southern Asia

Category Board, War, Leaping, Lines

Description

Pretwa is a game played in India by the same rules of Alquerque, but with a circular board.

Rules

Each player begins with nine pieces. Pieces moves along the lines to the next intersection point. Players may hop an opponent's piece to capture it. Captures can be made in sequence if another capture is available after the previous one is made. The player who captures all of their opponent's pieces wins.

Murray 1951: 71.

Origin

South Asia

Ludeme Description

Pretwa.lud

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Reference

Murray 1951: 70–71.

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Sources

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

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Identifiers

DLP.Games.141

BGG.18010


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