To Kynégi tou Lagoú
(To Kinegi tou Lagou, The Game of Chasing the Hare)
Ruleset:
To Kynégi tou Lagoú (To Kynegi tou Lagou)
Game
See the game To Kinegi tou Lagou for more details.
Period(s)
Modern
Summary
Rules for To Kynégi tou Lagoú.
Description
These rules were reported by Maria Argyriadis in the late twentieth century.
Rules
A square, with lines bisecting the sides drawn to the center. A circle is drawn around the central point. arcs are drawn inside the square around the midpoints of the sides and the corners. Diagonals are drawn from the corner arcs to the central circle. One player plays as the hare, one player plays as the hunter and two hounds. The hare begins on the central spot, and the hunter and hounds are placed on three of the points on the central circle. Pieces move to an empty adjacent spot along the lines of the board. The hare moves first. When the hunter and hounds prevent the hare from being able to move, the game ends and the players switch roles.
Concepts
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Reference
Argyriadis 1997: 93-95.
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Origin
Greece
Identifiers
DLP.GameRulesets.1166
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