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5 traditional games
Across more than seventeen thousand islands, Indonesian families have long played sowing games with shells and seeds, hunt games scratched into the earth, and alignment games carried between villages. Many boards are still cut into wood or drawn in sand rather than bought in a shop.
Playable now
CongklakCongklak / Dakon
Sow seeds around the board and starve your opponent’s side.
2 players8–15 min●●●○○Macanan
Two tigers against a village of men.
2 players8–15 min●●●○○Mul-Mulan
Build mills, break your opponent’s army.
2 players8–15 min●●●○○Surakarta
The only way to capture is to travel the loop.
2 players10–20 min●●●○○