Zohn Ahl

Zohn Ahl, whose name derives from words meaning creek and wood, is a roll and move board game played by the Kiowa people of North America and is often cited as a representative example of the many similar dice and race games played across Native American cultures. It is sometimes equated, or possibly confused, with a related Kiowa game called Tsona, known as the awl game. Play takes place on a distinctive board of forty spaces, traditionally marked out on cloth or blankets laid on the ground, and forms a cross or circle pattern typical of this family of games. Two players, or two equal teams, throw four wooden staves that function as dice to determine movement, advancing playing pieces called awls around the circuit while trying to accumulate counters and be the first to complete the course.