Traditional board games
31 entries in the Traditional Board Games compendium.
Achi (game)A Ghanaian alignment game related to three men's morris.AdugoA hunting game from the Bororo tribe of Brazil.Alea evangeliiTafl game given Christian allegory in an 11th-century Irish manuscript.Ali Guli ManeA mancala game from Karnataka played with tamarind seeds.Ashte kashteA Bengal board game of the Cross and Circle family.Awithlaknannai MosonaZuni strategy game on a 5x5 grid with unique capture rulesBagh bandiA tiger hunt game from Lower Bengal with piled goats.Bagh-chalAsymmetric Nepali board game of tigers hunting goats—tigers move first, capture is mandatoBear gamesAbstract strategy games with Italian roots, hunters vs. bear.BrädeSwedish tables game from the broader tables family, played on a standard tables board.Buga-shadaraA Tuvan hunt game with deer and dogs on a unique board.Butterfly (game)Two-player abstract strategy game related to draughts and Alquerque.ChauparIndian cross and circle board game, variant or precursor to Pachisi.Choko (game)A two-player abstract strategy game from West Africa.ChopatA traditional Indian cross and circle board game.Dablot PrejjesneSámi board game with ranked pieces and no promotion.DaldøsA Scandinavian running-fight board game with four-sided dice.Dara (game)West African alignment game related to tic-tac-toe.DayakattaiTraditional Tamil dice game with team play and strategic movement.Demala diviyan keliyaA leopard hunt board game from Sri Lanka with three leopards and fifteen dogs.Dunhuang Go ManualEarliest surviving manual on the strategic board game of Go.FangqiA Chinese strategy board game related to nine men's morris.FanoronaA Malagasy strategy board game with capture mechanics.FelliA Moroccan board game related to Alquerque and draughts.FetaixMoroccan abstract strategy game with Mullah promotion.Five LinesAncient Greek tables game with five lines.Four-field konoKorean abstract strategy game of capture and immobilization.Fox gamesAsymmetric board games where a fox chases geese, sheep, or hounds.Go (game)Ancient abstract strategy game of territory capture.Go variantsAlternative rule sets and historical forms of the game Go.GomokuAbstract strategy game of five in a row.
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