Natt klab ash-shawk
Natt klab ash-shawk is a two-player abstract strategy board game from Palestine. It was documented by H.J.R. Murray in A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess (1952).[1] Murray references Hilmi Samara as a source. The game resembles that of Alquerque except that there are no diagonal movement of pieces. Murray's description is brief, and therefore some of the details are missing. According to Murray, a 5 x 5 board is used, and that each player has 12 pieces. It's unclear if the board is 5 squares x 5 squares and that the pieces are placed within the squares, or if the board is 5 lines x 5 lines and that the pieces are placed on the intersection points. Murray states that there are no slanted lines, but he does mention that the central square is cross-cut. If cross-cut means a large X in the central square, then slanted lines do exist on the board. The game begins with each player placing their pieces on their respective first two ranks, and on the third rank place their pieces to the right of the central square or point which is left vacant. This setup resembles that of Alquerque's. Pieces move only orthogonally one space at a time, and capture by the short leap (presumably in an orthogonal direction).
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- ↑ Murray, H.J.R. (1978). A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess. New York: Hacker Art Books, Inc. p. 66. ISBN 0-87817-211-4. Search this book on
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