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Fighting Serpents

Fighting Serpents

2 players
60 min

From BoardGameGeek

Fighting Serpents is a rough translation of "Kolowis Awithlaknannai", a game of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico. The game is a modification of the game Alquerque which was brought to the New World by the Spaniards. Boards for the game were found cut into the flat stone roofs of the Zuni houses, which were used as terraces. The game is played on a special board of three parallel horizontal lines intersected by a number of left and right leaning diagonals across the width of the board. At each end a line curves around joining each corner point to a point at the end of the middle line. Each player uses 23 pebbles or pottery fragments as pieces. The object is to capture all of the opponent's pieces. Captures are made by jumping, and more than one piece can be captured at a time. Capturing is compulsory. This game is similar to Alquerque, and Awithlaknannai, though the latter uses fewer spaces on the board.

Fighting Serpents

Which Fighting Serpents video should I watch?

Fighting Serpents has 2 videos from 1 creator: 2 how-to-play guides. They date from 2021 to August 2023.

If you like it, try Trajan, Labyrinth, Panamax or FLOE, which share several of its mechanics.

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"The Serpent Game" is a 500-year-old board game from the Zuni tribe of the American Southwest.How to play5:18

"The Serpent Game" is a 500-year-old board game from the Zuni tribe of the American Southwest.

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I have a Stone That Kills in my Game Room! This "Fighting Serpents" game is centuries old.How to play7:54

I have a Stone That Kills in my Game Room! This "Fighting Serpents" game is centuries old.

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About Fighting Serpents

From BoardGameGeek:

Fighting Serpents is a rough translation of "Kolowis Awithlaknannai", a game of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico. The game is a modification of the game Alquerque which was brought to the New World by the Spaniards. Boards for the game were found cut into the flat stone roofs of the Zuni houses, which were used as terraces. The game is played on a special board of three parallel horizontal lines intersected by a number of left and right leaning diagonals across the width of the board. At each end a line curves around joining each corner point to a point at the end of the middle line. Each player uses 23 pebbles or pottery fragments as pieces. The object is to capture all of the opponent's pieces. Captures are made by jumping, and more than one piece can be captured at a time. Capturing is compulsory. This game is similar to Alquerque, and Awithlaknannai, though the latter uses fewer spaces on the board.

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Abstract Strategy

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