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  2. Traditional games of China - Wikipedia

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    In this game, one player is the eagle, another player is the chicken, and the remaining players are chicks. The chicks form a line behind the chicken by holding each other's waists, and the goal of the eagle is to tag the chicks, while the chicken tries to prevent this by holding their arms out and moving around.

  3. Mahjong - Wikipedia

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    Mahjong [1] (English pronunciation: / m ɑː ˈ dʒ ɒ ŋ / mah-JONG) is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century.

  4. Mahjong tiles - Wikipedia

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    A set of standard Mahjong tiles A set of Malaysian Mahjong tiles. Mahjong tiles (Chinese: 麻將牌 or 麻雀牌; pinyin: májiàngpái; Cantonese Jyutping: maa 4 zoek 3 paai 2; Japanese: 麻雀牌; rōmaji: mājanpai) are tiles of Chinese origin that are used to play mahjong as well as mahjong solitaire and other games.

  5. Traditional games of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The game ends after 4 innings (scoring turns) of 7 minutes each, with each team having two innings to score. It has been described as a game of "militant chase". [29] The sport is played in a relatively small area and requires no equipment, similar to other games indigenous to India such as kabaddi, seven stones, kho kho, gillidanda and langdi ...

  6. Xiangqi - Wikipedia

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    Xiangqi (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː ŋ tʃ i /; Chinese: 象棋; pinyin: xiàngqí), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China.

  7. Traditional games of South Asia - Wikipedia

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    India vs Iran at the 2023 Asian Kho Kho Championship.Kho kho is South Asia's second-most popular tag game. After the British colonisation of the subcontinent which peaked from the 19th century to 1947, Western sports such as cricket, football, and hockey began to be followed to a greater extent, to the detriment of the traditional games.

  8. Southeast Asian mancala - Wikipedia

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    Southeast Asian mancalas are a subtype of mancala games predominantly found in Southeast Asia. They are known as congkak in Malaysia,congklak (VOS Spelling: tjongklak), congkak, congka, and dakon in Indonesia, and Brunei, and sungkâ in the Philippines. They differ from other mancala games in that the player's store is included in the placing ...

  9. Zi pai - Wikipedia

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    2-7-10 (simplified Chinese: 二七十; traditional Chinese: 貳柒拾; pinyin: Èr Qī Shí) is the standard game played with these cards. It is a draw-and-discard type game like Mahjong and Rummy. Usually there are only three players in each game. The winner is the player who reaches 18 points first.