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Tapatan
Ruleset: Tapatan

Game

See the game Tapatan for more details.

Period(s)

Modern

Summary

Rules for Tapatan.

Description

These rules were played in the Philippines in the late nienteenth century.

Rules

3x3 intersecting lines with diagonals. Play occurs on the intersections of the lines. Three pieces per player. Play begins with each player placing pieces on empty points. If they make three in a row along the lines, they win. Once all pieces are place, players take turns moving pieces one spot to an adjacent point along the lines trying to make three in a row.

Concepts

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Reference

Culin 1900: 648.

Other Rulesets

Origin

Philippines

Identifiers

DLP.GameRulesets.948

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