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Kharbaga is a two-player abstract strategy game from North Africa. In a way, it is a miniature version of Zamma; however, there are more diagonal lines per square on the board as compared to Zamma. The game is considered part of the Zamma family. The game is also similar to Alquerque and draughts. The board is essentially an Alquerque board with twice the number of diagonal lines or segments allowing for greater freedom of movement. The initial setup is also similar to Alquerque, where every space on the board is filled with each player's pieces except for the middle point of the board. Moreover, each player's pieces are also set up on each player's half of the board. The game specifically resembles draughts in that pieces must move in the forward directions until they are crowned "Mullah"
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| dbo:abstract | Kharbaga is a two-player abstract strategy game from North Africa. In a way, it is a miniature version of Zamma; however, there are more diagonal lines per square on the board as compared to Zamma. The game is considered part of the Zamma family. The game is also similar to Alquerque and draughts. The board is essentially an Alquerque board with twice the number of diagonal lines or segments allowing for greater freedom of movement. The initial setup is also similar to Alquerque, where every space on the board is filled with each player's pieces except for the middle point of the board. Moreover, each player's pieces are also set up on each player's half of the board. The game specifically resembles draughts in that pieces must move in the forward directions until they are crowned "Mullah" (or "Sultan") which is the equivalent of the King in draughts. The Mullah can move in any direction. It is unknown how old the game is; however, the idea that pieces must move forward until they are crowned Mullah is a feature thought to have been developed and borrowed from draughts which came into being only in the 17th century. This is, however, open to debate. Two similar games are played by the Hopi native American Indians of Arizona, US, which may suggest a historical connection with Kharbaga, and Alquerque in general. One of the Hopi games is called tukvnanawopi. The board pattern, the number of pieces, and the initial setup are the same as in Kharbaga's. The only differences, and they are significant, is that in tukvnanawopi pieces can move in any direction at any time during the game (there is no need for promotion to Mullah or King as in Kharbaga), and also when a row of squares on one end of the board becomes empty during the game, pieces can no longer be played in that row of squares. As the game progresses, more rows of squares become empty and unplayable, and the playing board continues to shrink. The other Hopi game which is also played throughout Mexico is called tuknanavuhpi. In this case, when a row of points on one end of the board becomes empty, it is no longer playable, and again the playing board shrinks as the game progresses. Lastly, another native American Indian tribe called the Keres of New Mexico, US plays a game most similar to Kharbaga. The only difference is that pieces can move in any direction at any time during the game and each player has 22 pieces. It is uncertain how the game can be played this way since both players would yield 44 pieces total and there are only 41 intersection points that make up the board. The game is called or "chuck away grains". (en) Le kharbaga, ou kharbga, est un jeu de société combinatoire abstrait traditionnel de l'Afrique du Nord. Ce jeu de stratégie utilise un damier carré de 7 cases sur 7 et 48 pions que se partagent 2 joueurs. Il correspond au jeu de « seega » ou « siga » pratiqué en Égypte, Éthiopie et Somalie avec un damier plus petit et moins de pions. Ce jeu apparaît comme un dérivé du jeu gréco-latin le Ludus latrunculorum ou Latroncules, il s'apparente au jeu de dames par le mouvement des pions mais sans promotion en dames, et au jeu de go par la possibilité d'enfermement de l’adversaire. Encore très présent dans les Aures en Algérie et dans le sud de la Tunisie, le kharbaga est un passe-temps populaire des anciens dans les villages où il se joue avec des moyens sommaires : le damier est virtuel ou marqué dans le sable et les pions sont constitués de petits cailloux noirs et blancs ou de noyaux de dattes ou de capsules de soda. La formule rituelle "ach kalbak mat" avertit l'adversaire qu'il se fait prendre un pion. (fr) |
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| rdfs:comment | Kharbaga is a two-player abstract strategy game from North Africa. In a way, it is a miniature version of Zamma; however, there are more diagonal lines per square on the board as compared to Zamma. The game is considered part of the Zamma family. The game is also similar to Alquerque and draughts. The board is essentially an Alquerque board with twice the number of diagonal lines or segments allowing for greater freedom of movement. The initial setup is also similar to Alquerque, where every space on the board is filled with each player's pieces except for the middle point of the board. Moreover, each player's pieces are also set up on each player's half of the board. The game specifically resembles draughts in that pieces must move in the forward directions until they are crowned "Mullah" (en) Le kharbaga, ou kharbga, est un jeu de société combinatoire abstrait traditionnel de l'Afrique du Nord. Ce jeu de stratégie utilise un damier carré de 7 cases sur 7 et 48 pions que se partagent 2 joueurs. Il correspond au jeu de « seega » ou « siga » pratiqué en Égypte, Éthiopie et Somalie avec un damier plus petit et moins de pions. Ce jeu apparaît comme un dérivé du jeu gréco-latin le Ludus latrunculorum ou Latroncules, il s'apparente au jeu de dames par le mouvement des pions mais sans promotion en dames, et au jeu de go par la possibilité d'enfermement de l’adversaire. (fr) |
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