Quechucague
(Kechukawe, Quechucayu, Quechuncague, Quechucan, 'Quechu)DLP Game
PeriodModern
RegionSouth America
CategoryReconstruction, Pending, Board, Race
Description
Quechucague is a game played by the Mapuche people of Chile that has been documented since the seventeenth century. It appears to have been both a race game and a capturing game.
Rules
Semicircular board, ten spaces across the bottom, eight arcing, and three connecting the fifth and sixth in the bottom row to the fourth and fifth in the arc. Five-sided die with 1, 2, 3, 5, 0 as values. Captures are made when landing on a space occupied by the opponent. Race game.
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Sources
de Olivares, M. 1758. HIstoria Militar, Civil y Sagrada de la Acaecido en la Conquista y Pacificacion del Reino de Chile. Santiago: Imprenta del Ferrocarril.
de Ovalle, A. 1646. Historica Relacion del Reyno de Chile. Rome: Francisco Cauallo.
Depaulis, T. 1998. 'Inca Dice and Board Games.' Board Games Studies 1: 26–49.
