Saturankam - Board Game

Saturankam - is a race game played on a square board, around which the players’ pieces move in a labyrinth- ine path. It is played in southern In- dia and Sri Lanka. It is of unknown antiquity, but square-board race games in India are thought to pred- ate chess. The name saturankam in fact means “chess”, thought to have been designed around an 8×8 square race game board. The dice in saturankam, called kemadi, often made of brass, have values marked with holes in the faces. How to play? link

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