The race game "Zohn Ahl" - a Kiowa tradition for many generations.
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- This game is indeed a classic throughout the first nations of the great plains. Not only the Kiowa, but the Comanche, Arapaho, Apache, and known as far south as the Zuni and Pueblo tribes.
The game was often played as two teams (usually a women's game) with moves determined by stick dice. One of the casting sticks, known as the "sa-he", would grant an extra turn. The race course itself offered some hazards, and there is some player interaction as well.
A true classic, and a great addition to any collection - especially in libraries and classrooms!
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This one is certainly different in play. It also gave me some insight into history. Good work.
The two spaces that make you fall into the stream was unexpected. I thought they'd end up being shortcuts like in Nyout .
I think I have mentioned this before in a previous post but In a 2016 article for Journal Of Board Game Studies called "Board to Page to Board: Native American Antecedents of Two Proprietary Board Games" Philip M. Winkelman puts forward the idea that the Monopoly game board is based on the Zohn Ahl board which is based on Patolli. He even includes a chart showing the evolution of the game. Definitely worth a read.
Yes, I've read that article. I guess it depends on how you define "based on." Yes, there is a chain of influence from one to the other, and there's a psychological / anthropological thought model behind the development of representational games, but I think "based on" is a stretch. Winkleman does make a very valid point that the modern game designer has a tremendous "ocean of free-floating ludemes" to play with! Thanks for the comments!
no conocia el libro que mencionaste, aunque si he jugado justamente con esas reglas. Algo que me pregunto es que tantos juegos se consideran norteamericanos? solo los que pertenecen a culturas de lo que hoy es estados unidos o también se incluyen algunas culturas de lo que hoy es mexico?
Most games are regional within certain time periods, but they certainly "migrated" with the interactions of human cultures and communities in history. Today is so very much different! But just because scholars and historians have found evidence of any games extent, doesn't mean they're entirely correct of course. This game might easily have been played from Canada to Panama!