Dama (Philippines)
Period Modern
Region Southeastern Asia
Category Board, War, Leaping, Diagonal
Origin : Philippines
Description
Dama is a game with leaping captures played in the Philippines. In it, a kinged piece may be
captured by the flying leap in one direction.
Rules
5x5 grid of points, four points in each row, each alternating position with an end point on the left
or right edge. Points are connected with diagonal lines. Twelve pieces per player, positioned on
the first three rows closest to the player. Players alternate turns moving a piece forward to an
empty adjacent spot along the lines. A player may capture an opponent's piece by hopping over
it to an empty spot on the opposite side of it along the lines. Multiple captures are allowed, if
possible. When a player's piece reaches the opposite edge of the board from which it started, it
becomes a king. Kings may move any distance diagonally forward or backward, and may
capture any number of opponent's pieces it leaps over. The king cannot take in multiple
directions in one turn. The first player to capture all of the opponent's pieces wins.
JACKSTONE
Jackstones: Traditional game of the Philippines
Jackstones is a popular traditional game in the Philippines. It is a simple and easy game for
anyone to play together. The game is competitive as the person or team with the most points
wins. It is also known as "jacks". Playing Jackstones is fun, give it a go.
Materials:
Five Jacks or small stones/pebbles around your backyard/house
A small bouncy (made of rubber preferably) ball
Jackstone is a game played with at least two people using five jacks. Each stone is about the
size of an almond. Players must only use one hand to play.
How to play the game
● Scatter the stones or jacks onto the playing surface (where the ball can bounce).
● Throw the ball into the air, pick up a single stone or jack, then let the ball bounce and
catch it.
● Throw the ball again and pick up a single jack.
● Move on to the next player after a foul.
● Continue on to the next round by repeating steps 1-4.
● The team with the highest number of points wins the game.
Chinese Garter - A Traditional Philippine Game
Chinese Garter, a game requiring flexibility, adjust and coordination, is a famous game for
Filipino kids, most particularly among young ladies amid their elementary years. The game
rotates around a normal garter, around a few yards in length, which can be brought from a
sewing store at around twenty pesos or less.
This is the way the game is played. Initially, there ought to be two individuals holding the two
ends of the garter which is extended on a level plane while others are attempting to transfer
over to the opposite side of the garter. The primary objective of this game is to crosswise over
the garter without being tripped. In each round, the stature of the garter increases. The garter by
and large begins from the lower leg – level and after that knee – level, et cetera until the point
that the garter is situated overhead. Higher rounds request agility since players jump with their
feet first noticeable all around and they traverse the strap and wind up arriving as an
afterthought. This implies players ought to be dexterous, rationally gifted and should have
beauty keeping in mind the end goal to complete the game. Also, doing cartwheels (to cross the
strap) in higher levels is allowed. Mechanics of the game
Players are divided into at least two groups, with a base number of two individuals for every
group. Amid the game, two individuals from the "it" group will fill in as "game posts" as they
remain inverse of each other and hold each end of the garter. The goal of the game at that point
is to have the capacity to effectively bounce over the garter as it is step by step held higher by
the “game posts”. Much the same as in the game ten – twenty, each group likewise has its own
team leader, all the more ordinarily known as the "Mother". Once a colleague either contacts the
strap or neglects to seize a specific level, the Mother can even now spare her group by taking
her colleague's turn. Inability to do as such will prompt the group's end by making them the new
“game posts” and will take the game back to the primary level
.
The Chinese Garter game is generally subdivided into ten levels. More often than not,
notwithstanding, the players may choose for their coveted number of levels for their game. Here
is a case of the levels being utilized to give you a thought of the game:
Level 1 – The garter is being held by the posts closer to the ground.
Level 2 – Knee high
Level 3 – Around the height of their hips
Level 4 – Waist high
Level 5 – Chest high
Level 6 – Shoulder high
Level 7 – Head high
Level 8 – At the tip of the head
Level 9 – A couple of inches over the head
Level 10 – Also known as the Father/Mother Jump, as high as a child raising his arms high on
tip toes.
Along these lines, in the wake of knowing the background and the Mechanics or Rules of the
game, we should make sense of by what means will this game end.
All things considered, the game normally closes after the most astounding bounce. Be that as it
may, a few children would keep playing the game in reverse. Rather than raising the garter
higher, the posts will keep the strap down to its lower position. The game currently has another
goal: to have the capacity to achieve the garter by bowing in reverse. The game proceeds with
along these lines until the point when the player comes to back to the least level.
REFERENCES:
DAMA: https://ludii.games/details.php?keyword=Dama%20(Philippines)
JACKSTONE:https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/jackstones-traditional-game-of-t
he-philippines/
CHINESE GARTER:
https://steemit.com/ulogging/@leebaong/chinese-garter-a-traditional-philippine-game
