Period Modern

Region Eastern Africa

Category Reconstruction, Done, Board, War

Description

Ufuba wa Hulana is a game that was played in Comoros during the seventeenth century.

Rules

5x5 board. Twelve pieces per player. Players alternate turns placing a piece on the board. When the pieces are placed, pieces are captured.

These rules were taken from the Historical Information ruleset.

All Rulesets

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

Incomplete rulesets
Historical Information Rules from DLP evidence.

Origin

Comoros

Ludeme Description

Ufuba wa Hulana.lud

Concepts

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Reference

Murray 1951: 55.

Evidence Map

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Evidence coloured based on: Age None

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Sources

Hyde, T. 1694. De Ludis Orientalibus Libri Duo: Historia Nerdiludii, hoc est Dicere, Trunculorum, cum quibuidam aliis Arabum, Persarum, Indorum, Chinensium, & aliarum Gentium Ludis tam Politicis quam Bellicis, plerumque Europae inauditis, multo minus visis: additis omnium Nominibus in dictarum Gentium Linguis. Ubi etiam Classicorum Graecorum & Latinorum loca quaedam melius quam hactenus factum est explicantur. Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano.

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

Identifiers

DLP.Games.810

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