Jethro Miñano | Jumell Varona

UV9

DAMA and PERDIGANA

History
A similar game has been played for millennia. A board resembling a draughts board was
found in Ur dating from 3000 BC. In the British Museum are specimens of ancient
Egyptian checkerboards, found with their pieces in burial chambers, and the game was played
by Queen Hatasu. Plato mentioned a game, πεττεία or petteia, as being of Egyptian origin
and Homer also mentions it. The method of capture was placing two pieces on either side of the
opponent's piece. It was said to have been played during the Trojan War. The Romans played a
derivation of petteia called latrunculi, or the game of the Little Soldiers. The pieces, and
sporadically the game itself, were called calculi (pebbles).
Venue
Preferably indoor but can be done on outdoor.
No. of Players
2 players
Materials/Equipment Needed
1. Board or if none, you can draw an 8x8 board
using a chalk
2. 12 white checkers and 12 dark checkers
(tansans and other materials will do)
Mechanics in playing Dama and Perdigana
1. The game is played with 2 players sitting across from each other.
2. The board is positioned with the light colored square(unshaded square) in the bottom
right corner. The checkers or pieces for each player are set up on the dark color(shaded)
squares.
3. The object of the game Dama is to capture all your opponents checkers or trap your
opponent so no move can be made. Opposite for the Perdigana wherein you win by
letting your opponent capture all your checkers.
4. Player 1 begins the game by making the first move. The checkers can move diagonally
forward one space. Player 2 moves a checker for his turn. Players take turn moving
checkers one at a time.
5. A checker is captured by jumping the opponent’s checker with your own checker. A jump
can be made when the square behind your opponent’s checker is open.
 6. More than 1 checker can be captured during a turn by multiple jumps being made by the
same checker.
7. If a player has been able to move his checker to the other side of the board, that checker
is “Kinged”. A checker is stacked on top to signify that it is being kinged.
8. A kinged checker can move forwards and backwards on the board.
*Notes

 A single checker can only move and jump going forward.

 If a player has to capture, he has to make the capture
 In Dama, if a player cannot make a move, he loses. In Perdigana, if a player cannot
make a move, he wins
 Touch move. If a player touches a checker, then he must use the checker. If it cannot
be moved then it will be directly captured by the opponent.
Scoring System:
1. For the 2 games, each would be composed of 3 rounds. Alternating opponents in
between rounds.
2. For each game, the winner would be having a grade of 1.00 and the non winner would be
getting 1.50. The average grade for the 3 rounds would be the players final grade

Values/Skills needed:
1. Startegical thinking
2. Honesty
3. Focus
4. Sportsmanship