Raquilthue is a game played by the Cañicul Mapuche community in Argentina. It is a hunt game, of a type popular among indigenous communities in the region. One player plays as a single lion, and the other as fourteen dogs.
Rules
7x7 grid, connected to a smaller 5x5 grid with a line connecting the two at their center lines. One player plays as one lion, which begins on the central spot of the top line of the smaller grid, the other as fourteen dogs, which begin on the points of the bottom two lines of the larger grid. Pieces move along the lines of the board.
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Sources
Ferrarese, S. 2006. Juegos Etnicos de America y Documentos sobre Educación Física Intercultural. Neuquén: Proyecto Rescate e Inserción Comunitaria y Pedagógica de los Ancestrales Juegos de los Pueblos Indoamericanos.
