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Pallankuzhi

It is a traditional ancient Tamil mancala game played in South India especially
Tamil Nadu. Later, the games were spread to other States \ Countries like
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. Variants are
called as Ali guli mane (in Kannada) Vamana guntalu (in Telugu) and
Kuzhipara (in Malayalam). The game is played by two players.

Pallankuzhi is played on a rectangular board with 2 rows and 7 columns. There
are a total of 14 cups (kuzhi in Tamil language) and 146
counters.Tamarind seeds and cowry shells (Sozhi (coollli) in Tamil language)
are used in this game, to fill the holes of the Alli gulli board.

Aadu puli aatam

Lambs and Tigers Game locally referred as "Meka puli aata" (Telugu) or
"Aadu puli aatam"(Tamil), or Aadu Huli aata (Kannada) or Pulijudam. It is a
strategic, two-player (or 2 teams) leopard hunt game that is played in south
India.

The game is asymmetric in that one player controls three tigers and the other
player controls up to 15 lambs/goats. The tigers 'hunt' the goats while the
goats attempt to block the tigers' movements. This has been the most ancient
game.

Pachisi