Math Around the World

Games List

Student World Games Animations

Senet:

(Egypt)

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/activity/act_main.html

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/games.htm

http://nefertiti.iwebland.com/timelines/topics/games.htm

Twenty Squares:

(Egypt)

http://nefertiti.iwebland.com/timelines/topics/games.htm

Egyptian math problems:

http://www.eyelid.co.uk/maths2.htm

Patolli:

(Aztecs)

http://www.greatdreams.com/mayan/mayan-games.htm (scroll down)

Wari:

(Africa)

http://www.authenticafrica.com/baswargam.html

http://www.trilliumareaguides.org/program/WariGame.shtml

Ko-no:

(China and Korea)

http://www.darkfish.com/kono/FiveFieldKono.html

http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~jpn/gv/kono.htm

Nyout:

(Korea)

http://www-cs.canisius.edu/~salley/Articles/nyout.html

http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/Game3.htm

Tangram:

(China)

http://www.tangram.i-p.com/

http://www.kidscom.com/games/tangram/tangram.html

http://members.aol.com/sth777/page1.html

http://members.aol.com/sth777/page3.html

Magic Squares:

(China)

http://mathforum.org/alejandre/magic.square.html

Konane:

(Hawaii)

http://www.k12.hi.us/~gkaapuni/konane.htm

Tapatan:

(Philippines)

http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~museum/rowgames/tapatan.html

http://www.mariconda.com/girlscouts/tapatan.htm

http://educ.queensu.ca/~fmc/september2003/Tarpatan.html

Tablita:

(Philippines)

http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~museum/Archive/Culin/Philippine1900/

http://www.magneticgames.com/Mu%20Torere.html

Mu Torere:

(New Zealand)

http://www.gpj.connectfree.co.uk/games6.htm

Nine Men’s Morris:

(Egypt)

http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~leif/games/Morris/morris9b.html

http://www3.sympatico.ca/pesullivan/merrelles/English.html

http://members.aol.com/farisles/guilds/merels.htm

Oware:

(India)

http://www.oware.org/rules.asp

http://www.svn.net/rkovach/oware/how1.htm

The Tower of Brahma:

(India)

http://www.blackstone.ca/company/games/brahma.html

http://www.geocities.com/mathfair2002/stands/hanoi1.htm

http://home.clara.net/rodneysaunders/hanoi/hanoi.html

Nim:

(China)

http://www.csm.astate.edu/Nim.html

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/nim_st.shtml

Soma Cube:

(Netherlands)

http://www.geocities.com/dnehen/soma/soma.htm

http://www.fam-bundgaard.dk/SOMA/SOMA.HTM