La'b Akila
Ruleset:
La'b Akila
Game
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Period(s)
Modern
Summary
Rules for La'b Akila.
Description
These rules were played in Syria in the nineteenth century.
Rules
2x7 board. Seven counters in each hole. Sowing occurs in an anti-clockwise direction. When the final counter falls into an occupied hole, the contents of that hole are picked up and sowing continues. If the final counter falls into a hole containing one or three counters, the player captures those counters, plus any counters in the hole in the opposite row, as well as the contents of any holes in an unbroken sequence following the one in which the final counter which also contain two or four counters.When the final counter falls into an empty hole, the turn ends. Play continues until all of the pieces are captured. The player who captured the most counters wins.
Concepts
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Reference
Culin 1896: 598.
Other Rulesets
Origin
Syria.
Identifiers
DLP.GameRulesets.796
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