Mulabalaba
Ruleset:
Mulabalaba
Game
See the game Mulabalaba for more details.
Period(s)
Modern
Summary
Rules for Mulabalaba.
Description
Rules played in Livingstone district, Zambia.
Rules
Three concentric squares, with lines connecting the corners and the midpoints of the sides. Twelve pieces per player. Players alternate turns placing a piece on the board. When a player makes a line of three of their pieces, they may remove one of the opponent's pieces. When all of the pieces have been placed, players alternate turns moving a piece to an empty adjacent spot along the lines of the board. A piece in the four outside corner spaces is allowed to move to any empty spot on the board. The player who captures all of the opponent's pieces wins.
Concepts
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Reference
Chaplin 1956: 170.
Other Rulesets
Origin
Zambia
Identifiers
DLP.GameRulesets.1612
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