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Zamma is a two-player abstract strategy game from Africa. It is especially played in North Africa. The game is similar to alquerque and draughts. Board sizes vary, but they are square boards, such as 5x5 or 9x9 square grids with left and right diagonal lines running through several intersection points (or "points") of the board. One could think of the 5x5 board as a standard alquerque board, but with additional diagonal lines, and the 9x9 board as four standard alquerque boards combined, but no additional diagonal lines are added. The initial setup is also similar to alquerque, where every space on the board is filled with each player's pieces except for the middle point of the board. Furthermore, each player's pieces are also set up on their respective half of the board. The game specific

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  • Le Dhamet (ou srand ou Zamma) est un jeu de stratégie combinatoire abstrait de la famille des dames et de l'alquerque pratiqué dans la zone du Sahara. Le jeu se joue sur les intersections d'un plateau carré composé de 9 lignes et 9 colonnes. (fr)
  • Zamma is a two-player abstract strategy game from Africa. It is especially played in North Africa. The game is similar to alquerque and draughts. Board sizes vary, but they are square boards, such as 5x5 or 9x9 square grids with left and right diagonal lines running through several intersection points (or "points") of the board. One could think of the 5x5 board as a standard alquerque board, but with additional diagonal lines, and the 9x9 board as four standard alquerque boards combined, but no additional diagonal lines are added. The initial setup is also similar to alquerque, where every space on the board is filled with each player's pieces except for the middle point of the board. Furthermore, each player's pieces are also set up on their respective half of the board. The game specifically resembles draughts in that pieces must move in the forward directions until they are crowned "Mullah" (or "Sultan") which is the equivalent of the king in draughts. The Mullah can move in any direction. In North Africa, the black pieces are referred to as men, and the white pieces as women. In the Sahara, short sticks represent the men, and camel dung represent the women. The game goes by several names such as damma, and in Mauritania as srand or dhamet, where it is a national game. Mauritania's version is different from the other variants in that the pieces captured are instantly removed from the board, whereas, in other variants the removal of captured pieces is deferred. (en)
  • 北非跳棋(Zamma),是流行於北非地區的兩人棋類,是種古老的跳棋遊戲,介於跳棋的始祖中東跳棋與現在的西洋跳棋之間的過渡態。與始祖的差別在於規則多了升級棋、強迫吃多,已近於西洋跳棋。 (zh)
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  • Le Dhamet (ou srand ou Zamma) est un jeu de stratégie combinatoire abstrait de la famille des dames et de l'alquerque pratiqué dans la zone du Sahara. Le jeu se joue sur les intersections d'un plateau carré composé de 9 lignes et 9 colonnes. (fr)
  • 北非跳棋(Zamma),是流行於北非地區的兩人棋類,是種古老的跳棋遊戲,介於跳棋的始祖中東跳棋與現在的西洋跳棋之間的過渡態。與始祖的差別在於規則多了升級棋、強迫吃多,已近於西洋跳棋。 (zh)
  • Zamma is a two-player abstract strategy game from Africa. It is especially played in North Africa. The game is similar to alquerque and draughts. Board sizes vary, but they are square boards, such as 5x5 or 9x9 square grids with left and right diagonal lines running through several intersection points (or "points") of the board. One could think of the 5x5 board as a standard alquerque board, but with additional diagonal lines, and the 9x9 board as four standard alquerque boards combined, but no additional diagonal lines are added. The initial setup is also similar to alquerque, where every space on the board is filled with each player's pieces except for the middle point of the board. Furthermore, each player's pieces are also set up on their respective half of the board. The game specific (en)
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  • Dhamet (fr)
  • Zamma (en)
  • 北非跳棋 (zh)
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