Vietnam
BαΊ§u Cua TΓ΄m CΓ‘
Bet on six symbols as three dice determine your fate in this TαΊΏt classic.
11 Games · 8 Cultures · Free to Play
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Discover and play traditional games from Vietnam, West Africa, Mesoamerica, South India, Madagascar, China, and the Norse world β preserved and brought to life in your browser.
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Games are living history.
Too many traditional games that defined childhoods, bonded families, and carried cultural wisdom have no home online. Cultural Games exists to change that β one game at a time.
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West Africa
Oware
The ancient Akan strategy game of sowing and capturing, played for 7,000 years.
Aztec Mesoamerica
Patolli
Race your pieces around a sacred cross-shaped board using bean dice in this ancient Aztec game.
South India
Pallanguzhi
Sow cowrie shells counter-clockwise and capture on 4 in this ancient Tamil mancala.
Roman Empire
Ludus Latrunculorum
Command your legions in this ancient Roman strategy game of encirclement and capture.