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Butterfly (or Gulugufe in the
The board is essentially two triangles joined together at a common vertex which makes the board look like a butterfly. Each triangle will be referred to as a wing in this article. Two lines cross the breadth of each triangle forming the second and third ranks, and another line that runs down the length of the triangle through the common vertex. There are a total of 19 intersection points for the pieces to be played upon.
Each player has nine pieces. One player plays black, and the other player plays white; however, any two colors or distinguishable objects will suffice.
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of Zambia
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, Malawi
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and Mozambique
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) is a two-player abstract strategy game
Abstract strategy games admit a number of definitions which distinguish these from strategy games in general, mostly involving no or minimal narrative theme, outcomes determined only by player choice (with no randomness), and perfect information. ...
. It is related to draughts
Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; British English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers ...
and Alquerque
Alquerque (also known as Qirkat from ar, القرقات) is a strategy board game that is thought to have originated in the Middle East. It is considered to be the parent of draughts (US: checkers) and Fanorona.
History
The game first appears ...
. It is a similar game to Lau kata kati
Lau kata kati is a two-player abstract strategy game from India, specifically from Lower Bengal, and also from United Provinces, Karwi Subdivision where it is called Kowwu Dunki, and it was described by H.J.R. Murray in ''A History of Board-Games ...
from India
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which may suggest a historical connection between the two games.
Goal
The goal is to capture all of your opponent's pieces.Equipment
The board is essentially two triangles joined together at a common vertex which makes the board look like a butterfly. Each triangle will be referred to as a wing in this article. Two lines cross the breadth of each triangle forming the second and third ranks, and another line that runs down the length of the triangle through the common vertex. There are a total of 19 intersection points for the pieces to be played upon.
Each player has nine pieces. One player plays black, and the other player plays white; however, any two colors or distinguishable objects will suffice.
Related games
*Lau kata kati
Lau kata kati is a two-player abstract strategy game from India, specifically from Lower Bengal, and also from United Provinces, Karwi Subdivision where it is called Kowwu Dunki, and it was described by H.J.R. Murray in ''A History of Board-Games ...
*Dash-guti
Dash-guti is a two-player abstract strategy board game from India, specifically from Central Provinces, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, United Provinces, Karwi Subdivision where it is called Kowwu Dunki which is the same name given to another si ...
*Egara-guti
Egara-guti is a two-player abstract strategy game from India, specifically from Central Provinces, and it was described by H.J.R. Murray in ''A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess'' (1952). The game is related to Draughts and even more so to ...
*Permainan-Tabal
Permainan-Tabal is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Indonesia. The game is sometimes referred to as a cross between Alquerque and Draughts. It is essentially Draughts played on an expanded Alquerque board. It is especially simila ...
*Peralikatuma
Peralikatuma is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon). It is a game related to draughts (checkers) and Alquerque as players hop over one another's pieces when capturing them. The game was documented by ...
*Draughts
Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; British English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers ...
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20050914083121/http://educ.queensu.ca/~fmc/april2003/Butterfly.html *http://www.isb.ac.th/ado/Content/Text/Content_4165/Math%20Games.pdf{{Dead link, date=June 2019 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes Abstract strategy games Traditional board games