Bagh Chal (variant),Odisha
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- Title (dcterms:title)
- Bagh Chal (variant),Odisha
- Description (dcterms:description)
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This game was documented by Hem Chandra Das Gupta and the informant was from Orissa. He explains this game as a simpler version of Tiger Play, or a variant of Tiger and Goats where two players play this game, one representing the tiger and one representing the goats. It is played with one piece of tiger and twelve goats. The goats are all first placed at cross-points and then the usual game follows of Bagh Chal. Although the rule of how many goats are to be captured by the tiger before being trapped and out of moves is not mentioned in the essay.
He also states that this variant of Bagh Chal is similar and also a variant of another game called Kulaochal played by the Ho community in Kolhan and he draws this similarity from D.N Majumdar in his work on the games of Ho in Kolhan. He also mentions that although the similarities there are differences present in the two variants. He also compares this game with the game of Rimoe or Rimau in Indonesia. One major similarity between the two lies in the fact that before the beginning of the game, the player representing the goats is supposed to place all their pieces at cross-points. It is also noteworthy that the structure of this board is similar to that of Mughal Pathan or other alquerque boards of Bagh Chal.
- Alternative Title (dcterms:alternative)
- Bagh Bandi, Tigers and Goats, Baghchakkar, Chakrachhal, Sher Bakr, Bagh Batti, Sher Bakar, Kaooa, Bam Blang Beh Khla, Bagha Guti, Tagnor, Adu Puli Attam, Puli Meka, Ada Huli, Terhuchu, Kulaochal, Puli Judham
- Rules (dcterms:instructionalMethod)
- 5x5 lines, intersecting to form a square. Diagonals are drawn in the four quadrants of the board. One triangle, its apex intersecting the main board at the midpoint of one side. The base of the triangle is bisected by a line drawn from the apex, and this line is bisected and intersects with the other two sides of the triangle. One player plays as the tiger, placed on the central point of the triangle, and the other plays as twelve goats, which begin on the first two rows of points opposite the triangle and on the outer two points in the third row. The tiger moves first. Pieces move to an empty adjacent spot along the lines on the board. The tiger alone may capture a goat by hopping over it to an empty spot immediately opposite a goat. The tiger wins by capturing all the goats; the goats win by blocking the tiger from being able to move.
- Creator (dcterms:creator)
- Hem Chandra Das Gupta.
- Contributor (dcterms:contributor)
- Hem Chandra Das Gupta.
- Rights (dcterms:rights)
- Creative Commons
- Format (dcterms:format)
- Boardgames
- Medium (dcterms:medium)
- Boardgames on Text
- References (dcterms:references)
- Bagh Chal Odisha - Digital Ludemi Project
- Bagh Chal Odisha - Sedentary Games of India
- Spatial Coverage (dcterms:spatial)
- Odisha
- Variants (dcterms:isVersionOf)
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Bagh Chal (variant),Odisha
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Bagha Chheli ( Odisha)
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Baghchakkar or Chakrachal
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Sher Bakr
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Bagh Batti
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Sher Bakar
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Kaooa
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Taag dha Nor or Tagnor (Tiger and Cow)
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Bagh Chal, Kamakhya
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Mughal Pathan
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Bam Blang Beh Khla
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Pam Pait
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Bagha Guti
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Bagh Bandi
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Bagh Chal, Bull Temple (4)
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Baghchal, Bull Temple (3)
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Baghchal, Handmade
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Bagh Chal, Pataleshwar (3)
- Entered by (dcterms:accrualMethod)
- Adrija Mukherjee
- Tags (dcterms:conformsTo)
- Sedentary games
- Bagh Chal
- Alquerque
- Odisha
- Two-player
- Capture
- Hunt
- Shape: Square with one triangle