2 players
Damdaman
- Game family
- diagonal
- Origin
- Indonesia
Overview
Damdaman is a game that was played on the island of Java in Indonesia in the nineteenth century. It was described as being similar to a Draughts game played in India, but few details were given.
Source rules (English)
The game Damdaman is played by two players on a 7x7 rectangle board with square tiling. Regions: HalfBoard: the bottom sites of the board expanded by 3 steps for P1 HalfBoard: the top sites of the board expanded by 3 steps for P2 All players play with Markers. Rules for Pieces: Markers step orthogonal then for all flanked pieces on Cells starting from the to location of the last move with Orthogonal direction with a limit of 1 pieces if the target is there is an enemy Player at between if the friend is is a friendremove pieces at between and for all surrounded pieces on Cells starting from the to location of the last move with Orthogonal direction if the target is there is an enemy Player at between and between is in the corner sites of the board if the friend is is a friend except if 0remove pieces at between. Players take turns moving. Setup: Place a Marker for player one at current site is less than the centre point of the board the sites of the board. Place a Marker for player two at current site is greater than the centre point of the board the sites of the board.. Rules: If in the same turn, hop adjacent then if can move hop adjacent, move again or pass, else move one of your pieces.