Felli

Felli is a simple game of strategy from Morocco. Two players face each other across an hourglass-shaped board, each player having six pieces set out at the start of the game. Piece move around the board from point to point, capturing by jumping. The player who captures all the opposing pieces is the winner.

History of Felli and Lau Kata Kati

The game of Alquerque, first documented in Spain, spread around the world, and its board adopted different shapes as it did so. In Morocco and in India, hourglass-shaped boards were separately designed. The Moroccan game, felli, is the simplest of all alquerque games, having only thirteen points onto which six pieces per player are set out. The Indian game is larger, with nine pieces per side.

Rules for Felli

2. In his or her turn a player will move a piece one step along a marked line, to an adjacent empty point.

3. A piece captures a neighbouring enemy piece by jumping over it to land on the empty point beyond. If a capture is available, it must be made.

4. Having captured an enemy, a piece must make a further jump and capture from its new location if possible. Any number of captures can be chained in this way.

5. The game is won by the player who captures all the opponent’s pieces.