Tab ancient

Tab ancientIn ancient Egypt, there were several games that were popular among the ruling classes. These have been found in tombs throughout the middle east. But a game that has survived even longer than those is Tab. It was played more by the common folk, and so no fancy game sets are in museums. But reference to the game survive, and this is a modern incarnation over 4,000 years later. It's one of the few running fight games known, and as the pieces move

It's basically played like orthogonal Checkers

Players' pawns race around the outer circle attempting to get their pieces into the peg-holes on the center line by a count of the die

each player draws a card on their turn then decides which of their cards to pass along to the next player

Konane is a simple game to learn for 2 players ages 8+

and as the factories run you also have a hand of cards that can influence the game in many ways

the other player maneuvers a herd of animals attempting to entrap the predator so they can’t move

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but that can work to your advantage

Vladimir Bronn

and an alternate win condition that some players prefer

Victor or Victim is a great family game for any place and any time

the more you see deeper strategies