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Hare and hounds is a classic example of the type of game studied in combinatorial game theory, giving it some similarities to checkers (draughts), Go, Fox and Geese and other such games. Mathematician Martin Gardner in his October 1963 Mathematical Games column in Scientific American stated that hare and hounds "combines extreme simplicity with ...
Traditional games in Indonesia are games commonly played by Indonesian children and have roots / acculturated to the Indonesian native culture. Indonesian parents often using traditional games to educate their children about character building. [1] As a result, nearly all children in the era before the 1990s play traditional games.
The game is generally played over distance of several miles, but shorter courses can be set, or the game played according to a time limit. [1] If the hare makes it to the finish line, they get to choose the next hare, or to be the hare themselves. Similarly, the person who catches the hare gets to choose the next hare. Two chalk arrows on the ...
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Hashing originated in December 1938 in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, then in the Federated Malay States (now Malaysia).A group of British immigrants began meeting on Friday evenings, to run in a fashion patterned after the traditional British game of hare and hounds, in which one or two "hare" runners scatter a trail of cut paper for the "hounds" to track. [1]
The game is based on Aesop's fable "The Tortoise and the Hare", in which the hare and tortoise decide to race. The tortoise wins the race by cunning while the hare fails because he overestimates himself and takes a nap during the race. The moral of the story is "slow and steady wins the race" which is incorporated in the game mechanic.
The hare can capture the opponents by leaping over them (short leap method). [1]: 601 The opponents attempt to surround and trap the hare. [1]: 601–602 The game is the earliest recorded hunt game in Europe, and perhaps even the first hunt game from Europe (other than bear games and hare games). The earliest record of the game is in Alfonso X ...
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