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Cultural Context
Shax: The Original Game
Shax is the most popular strategy game of the Somali people. Played on a board of 24 positions with 12 pieces per player, it shares its family with Nine Men's Morris but follows unique Somali rules.
Poetry of the Game
"Shaxdaan degay ba maad garan, wayna kaa shishaysaa"
— Somali proverb