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Taptána (Taptana, Comina, Tapta, Atapta, Komina)DLP Game   

Period Modern

Region South America

Category Reconstruction, Done, Board, War, Leaping, Lines

Description

Taptána was a game played in Peru. Famously, it is said to have been played by the last Inka emperor, Atahualpa, while he was imprisoned. The board is very similar to Spanish Alquerque, and cannot be dated to before the Spanish conquest.

Rules

Played on an Alquerque board.

These rules were taken from the Historical Information ruleset.

All Rulesets

Reconstructed rulesets
Taptana (Ludii 1) Reconstructed with Ludii
Taptana (Ludii 2) Reconstructed with Ludii
Taptana (Ludii 3) Reconstructed with Ludii
Taptana (Ludii 4) Reconstructed with Ludii
Taptana (Ludii 5) Reconstructed with Ludii
Taptana (Ludii 6) Reconstructed with Ludii
Taptana (Ludii 7) Reconstructed with Ludii
Taptana (Ludii 8) Reconstructed with Ludii
Taptana (Ludii 9) Reconstructed with Ludii
Taptana (Ludii 10) Reconstructed with Ludii

Incomplete rulesets
Historical Information Rules known from DLP evidence.

Ludeme Description

Taptana.lud

Concepts

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Reference

Depaulis 1998: 36-38.

Evidence Map

2 pieces of evidence in total. Browse all evidence for Taptána here.

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Sources

Depaulis, T. 1998. 'Inca Dice and Board Games.' Board Games Studies 1: 26–49.

Guaman Poma de Ayala, F. 1615. Nueva coronica y buen gobierno.

Santo Tomás, D. 1560. Lexicon o vocabulario de la lengua general del Perú. Cordoba: Valladolid.

Identifiers

DLP.Games.316


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