Ram- Tir from Bihar

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Title (dcterms:title): Ram- Tir from Bihar
Description (dcterms:description): This game has been documented by Charu Chandra Das Gupta. The information has been provided by an individual who was a staff of the Nalanda Museum at Bihar at the time. According to Charu Chandra Das Gupta, there are eighty one cross points out of which the central point remains vacant. This game has similarities according to Charu Chandra Das Gupta, with a game called Ratti- Chitti- Bakri or (red white goats). The only point of difference is that the boards used for the two are not similar to one another. The meaning of the word Ram-Tir could not be explained by the informant.
Alternative Title (dcterms:alternative): Ratti-Chitti-Bakri, Bis Gutiya
Rules (dcterms:instructionalMethod): 9x9 board played on the intersections, diagonals for the four quadrants of the board. Forty pieces per player, one playing as white, the other as red, arranged on opposite sides of the board, each player's pieces taking up the first through fourth ranks of spaces, plus their right half of the fifth rank. The central spot remains empty. Players alternate turns by moving a piece to an adjacent empty spot along the lines on the board. A player may capture an opponent's piece by hopping over one adjacent piece if there is an empty spot behind it along a line on the board. The player who captures all of the opponent's pieces wins.
Creator (dcterms:creator): Charu Chandra Das Gupta
Source (dcterms:source): 'A Few Types of Sedentary Games From Bihar' by Charu Chandra Das Gupta in Sedentary Games of India eds. Nirbed Ray and Amitabha Ghosh
Contributor (dcterms:contributor): Charu Chandra Das Gupta
Rights (dcterms:rights): Creative Commons
Format (dcterms:format): Boardgame
Medium (dcterms:medium): Boardgame on Text
References (dcterms:references): Ram Tir- Digital Ludemi Project; A Few Types of Sedentary Games From Bihar' by Charu Chandra Das Gupta in Sedentary Games of India
Spatial Coverage (dcterms:spatial): Bihar
Variants (dcterms:isVersionOf): Bis Gutiya; Ratti Chitti Bakri (Red White Goats); Ram- Tir from Bihar
Entered by (dcterms:accrualMethod): Adrija Mukherjee
Tags (dcterms:conformsTo): Ram- Tir; Alquerque; Games of Bihar; Sedentary Games

Media: Ram Tir.jpg