Learn and play ancient board games from around the world. Morabaraba is a traditional two-player strategy board game played in South Africa and Botswana.
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A brief introduction highlighting the historical/regional significance of the games will precede play. Pregenerated characters will be provided. All 'dice" will be rolled by the Game Master with a dice tower on camera.
Learn and play ancient board games from around the world. Oware is the national mancala game of Ghana, and the particular name "Ɔware" is that given by the Akan speaking people there.
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A brief introduction highlighting the historical/regional significance of the games will precede play. Pregenerated characters will be provided. All 'dice" will be rolled by the Game Master with a dice tower on camera.
This is a tile-laying race game with players starting with identical boards, and 1 player drawing tiles that they all will use. They race to get their explorers to temples 1st and earn points
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A brief introduction highlighting the historical/regional significance of the games will precede play.
Each player takes the role of a merchant living at the end of the sixteenth century. These merchants sent out ships to explore and expand the profitable trade in the east.
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A brief introduction highlighting the historical/regional significance of the games will precede play. Pregenerated characters will be provided. All 'dice" will be rolled by the Game Master with a dice tower on camera.
Learn and play a traditional shagai (Anklebone) game. This racing game introduces children to traditional festive culture and increases their like for horses
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A brief introduction highlighting the historical/ regional significance of the games will precede play. Shagai games are especially popular during the Mongolian summer holiday of Naadam. In shagai dice, the rolled shagai generally land on one of four sides: horse, camel, sheep or goat. A fifth side, cow, is possible on uneven ground. Mongolians still exchange shagai today as tokens of friendship. All 'dice" will be rolled by the Game Master with a dice tower on camera.
Learn and play a traditional shagai (Anklebone) game. The goal is to throw as many "horses" and "camels" as possible to reach 1000 lans with 5 throws.
Description:
A brief introduction highlighting the historical/ regional significance of the games will precede play. Shagai games are especially popular during the Mongolian summer holiday of Naadam. In shagai dice, the rolled shagai generally land on one of four sides: horse, camel, sheep or goat. A fifth side, cow, is possible on uneven ground. Mongolians still exchange shagai today as tokens of friendship. All 'dice" will be rolled by the Game Master with a dice tower on camera.
International Games: Native Americas: Kolowis Awithlaknannai
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Learn and play traditional native South and North American board games. Kolowis Awithlaknannai, AKA Fighting Serpents, is a two-player strategy board game from the Zuni Native American Indians.
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A brief introduction highlighting the historical/regional significance of the games will precede play. Pregenerated characters will be provided. All 'dice" will be rolled by the Game Master with a dice tower on camera.
A roll-and-move board game played by the Kiowa Indians mostly located in North America.
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Learn and play traditional native South and North American board games.
A brief introduction highlighting the historical/regional significance of the games will precede play. All 'dice" will be rolled by the Game Master with a dice tower on camera.
Learn and play a traditional shagai (Anklebone) game. This game is an exercise of the traditional nomadic lifestyle and the respect and honor to the livestock.
Description:
A brief introduction highlighting the historical/ regional significance of the games will precede play. Shagai games are especially popular during the Mongolian summer holiday of Naadam. In shagai dice, the rolled shagai generally land on one of four sides: horse, camel, sheep or goat. A fifth side, cow, is possible on uneven ground. Mongolians still exchange shagai today as tokens of friendship. All 'dice" will be rolled by the Game Master with a dice tower on camera.
Learn and play a traditional shagai (Anklebone) game. Traditionally played on the last day of Winter's last month, which is the day before "Tsagaan sar" festival.
Description:
A brief introduction highlighting the historical/regional significance of the games will precede play. Shagai games are especially popular during the Mongolian summer holiday of Naadam. In shagai dice, the rolled shagai generally land on one of four sides: horse, camel, sheep or goat. A fifth side, cow, is possible on uneven ground. Mongolians still exchange shagai today as tokens of friendship. All 'dice" will be rolled by the Game Master with a dice tower on camera.