(game "Mbenga Alignment Game"
    (players 2)
    
    (equipment { 
        (board 
            (rectangle 3 3 diagonals:Alternating)
        use:Vertex)
        
        (hand Each)
        
        (piece "Marker" Each)
        }
    )
    
    (rules 
        (start 
            (place "Marker" "Hand" count:3)
        )
        
        (play 
            (move 
                (from 
                    (handSite Mover)
                )
                
                (to 
                    (sites Empty)
                )
            )
        )
        
        (end 
            (if 
                (is Line 3)
                
                (result Mover Win)
            )
        )
    )
)

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(rulesets { 
    
    (ruleset "Ruleset/Mbanga Alignment Game (Observed)" {
        
    })*
    
})

(metadata 
    (info
        {
        (description "This game was played by the Mbenga people of central Africa in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It is a simple alignment game similar to others played throughout the world.")
        (rules "3x3 intersecting lines with diagonals. Three pieces per player. Players alternate turns placing a piece on the board. The first player to place three of their pieces in a row wins.")
        (source "Trilles 1932: 397")
        (id "1374")
        (version "1.3.12")
        (classification "board/space/line")
        (credit "Eric Piette")
        (origin "This game was played in Central Africa, from around 1903 to 1907.")
        }
    )
)