2 players
Ashanti Alignment Game
- Game family
- line
- Origin
- Ashanti
Overview
This alignment game, the name of which was not recorded, was played in the Ashanti Kingdom in the early nineteenth century. It was played on a wooden board with perforations, and the pieces were pegs to be inserted in the board.
Source rules (English)
The game Ashanti Alignment Game is played by two players on a square board with concentric tiling. All players play with Markers. Rules for Pieces: Markers step adjacent then if a player places 3 of their pieces in an orthogonal direction line, move again. Players take turns moving. Rules: If in the same turn, remove pieces at sites occupied by any component owned by Next in Board, else from vertex in Player the moving player's hand site 0 to vertex in the set of empty vertexs moveRule: true then if a player places 3 of their pieces in an orthogonal direction line, move again if in the same turn, remove pieces at sites occupied by any component owned by Next in Board, else move one of your pieces. Aim: If there are no pieces owned by Player the next player, the next player loses.