Permainan-Tabal is a two-player abstract strategy board game

Board game

A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...

 from Indonesia

Indonesia

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 specifically from the island of Java

Java

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. The game is sometimes referred to as a cross between Alquerque

Alquerque

Alquerque is a strategy board game that is thought to have originated in the Middle East. It is considered to have been the parent of draughts and Fanorona.-History:...

 and Draughts

Draughts

Draughts is a group of abstract strategy board games between two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over the enemy's pieces. Draughts developed from alquerque...

. It is essentially Draughts played on an expanded Alquerque board. It is especially similar to Draughts in that the moves of the pieces are strictly forward and sideways until they are promoted to Kings by reaching the other player's first rank. The game is also referred to as Dama

Dama

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.

Equipment

The game uses an expanded Alquerque board. Two triangular patterned boards are attached on two opposite sides of the Alquerque board.

Each player has 16 pieces. One player has the black pieces, and the other player has the white pieces, although any two colors or distinguishable objects are appropriate.

Permainan

External links

• http://www.zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/20359?do=show;id=1528
• http://hem.passagen.se/melki9/permainan.htm
• http://www.pbm.com/pipermail/hist-games/2008/001369.html