Gamegbee
20 games · 18 countries
Board and street games
Before there were screens there were pits in the sand, cards on a table and stones in a yard. These are the traditional games Squid has documented so far, grouped by family, each with where it is played and what it is called there. They sit apart from the video games on the map, and link to the digital versions that bring them to phones.
Oware, Igisoro and the seed-sowing gamesBoard games: sow and capture · Oware, Ayò, Awalé, Wurrey, Uril, Akong, Gebeta, Abalala'e, Igisoro, Tsoro, Mraha wa tso11Morabaraba, Sidjé and the three-in-a-row gamesBoard games: place, move and line up · Morabaraba, Koti, Sidjé3Hareeg, Whot and the card gamesCard games · Hareeg, Bisca, Lbou9, Whot4Nzango, Nhodo and the street and yard gamesStreet, yard and field games · Nzango, Nhodo2
Each name and place comes from a source; none has been checked with players yet. Know one we are missing, or play one differently? Tell Squid.