Enclosure – “Rules for Cambelpuk” handwritten by RG
Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- In Collection:
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-1293
- Special Collection finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/robert-graves-collection
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1938-09-02_01_enc.html
- July 19, 2002
- Enclosure – “Rules for Cambelpuk” handwritten by RG Rules for Cambelpuk Two players, each with 8 marbles of the same colour and one of a different colour – called the 'vassals' and the 'cham' – arrange thier marbles in a squares, the Chams in the centres, facing each other at opposite ends of a solitaire board. Thus: [figure – illustrative sketch of opposing 'teams' of marbles for cambelpuk game] The object of each side is to move his pieces – along the usual lines marked on the solitaire board, in any direction, but one move or hop only at a time, alternately – in such a way that his own cham reaches 'cambelpuk'– the position originally occupied by the opposing cham. The game ends when this is accomplished, or one cham is killed. Killing is done by hopping over; but only a cham may kill a cham – as only a vassal may kill a vassal. A cham may harmlessly hop over an opposing vassal, if he pleases, or a vassal over an opposing cham; and pieces of the same side can hop over one another, harmlessly, if they please. A cham must hop over any enemy vassal, not previously next[*] to it: unless one of his own vassals can kill it first. No player may repeat same two moves more than one repeat. * next means in next square at right angles,
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