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T'mbl DLP Game   

Period Modern

Region Northern Africa

Category Board, Space, Line

Description

T'mbl is an alignment game played by Chaamba children of Algeria.

Rules

3x3 intersecting lines, with diagonals drawn in the square. Three pieces per player, which begin on the three points on opposite sides of the board. Players alternate turns moving a piece to an empty adjacent spot along the lines of the board. The first player to place three of their pieces in a row along one of the lines which is not one of the sides of the square, wins.

Bellin 1964: 70-71.

Origin

Algeria

Ludeme Description

T'mbl.lud

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Sources

Bellin, P. 1964. "L'enfant saharien à travers ses jeux." Journal des Africanistes 33(1): 47-104.

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Identifiers

DLP.Games.1405


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