Board games
Dara
KiwiCo, 1800
Dara is a board game published by KiwiCo in 1800. It is played with 2 players and in about 60 minutes.
- players
- 2
- minutes
- 60
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The box
- Publishers
- KiwiCo, Lemery Games, NewVenture Games, W. Forster Games
- Artwork
- Tímea Kőszegi, Lívia Varga
- Year of release
- 1800
- Also known as
- Doki
About the game
Dara is a two-player abstract strategy board game played in several countries of West Africa. In Nigeria it is played by the Dakarkari people. It is popular in Niger among the Zarma, who call it dili, and it is also played in Burkina Faso. In the Hausa language (Niger and Nigeria), the game is called doki which means horse. It is an alignment game related to tic-tac-toe, but far more complex. The game was invented in the 19th century or earlier. The game is also known as derrah and is very similar to Wali and Dama Tuareg.Information from Marquoir’s game database, which cross-checks several open sources. Spotted a mistake? Write to us from the Contact page.