Kharbga
it is an intellectual game that relies on strategy. Traditional very popular especially in the eastern region of Algeria. It is also known in other regions of the Maghreb, it is more similar to chess. It is mainly played in spring and summer. Players often use public squares and in front of stores.
A precise description of the game:
There are two types of game, the one for children: where each child picks up three pebbles and places them in different places. Whoever forms a straight line first wins the game.
As for the second, it is played by adults: they dig small holes in the ground, the diameter of which does not exceed 2 cm, and the number is 49 locations or 'dar', as the players of the game call it, on a square-shaped part.
Played by two people, so that each of them picks up 24 stones, and each of them chooses a different colored type of stone. And they begin to place the stones two by two in different boxes, until the end of placing all the stones. That is to say without any of them placing a stone in the middle square, in which it is reserved for moving later. During the game, when a player traps an opponent's stone between two of his stones, here this piece (or the so-called dog) goes out of the game and is said to be eaten. And when the player chases his opponent's stones, he says to him: keep your dog away (piece) 'Ech Kalbek mat'. The game ends when the player gets rid of all his opponent's stones, and here he is considered a winner.
A precise description of the game:
There are two types of game, the one for children: where each child picks up three pebbles and places them in different places. Whoever forms a straight line first wins the game.
As for the second, it is played by adults: they dig small holes in the ground, the diameter of which does not exceed 2 cm, and the number is 49 locations or 'dar', as the players of the game call it, on a square-shaped part.
Played by two people, so that each of them picks up 24 stones, and each of them chooses a different colored type of stone. And they begin to place the stones two by two in different boxes, until the end of placing all the stones. That is to say without any of them placing a stone in the middle square, in which it is reserved for moving later. During the game, when a player traps an opponent's stone between two of his stones, here this piece (or the so-called dog) goes out of the game and is said to be eaten. And when the player chases his opponent's stones, he says to him: keep your dog away (piece) 'Ech Kalbek mat'. The game ends when the player gets rid of all his opponent's stones, and here he is considered a winner.