 The rule stating that a royal piece cannot share a "sárggis" with another piece in its own army, and the above mentioned rule stating that a "sárggis" where an unactivated piece stands may not be entered by any active piece, have the effect that royal pieces are not very mobile in the beginning of a sáhkku game, but as pieces are activated or captured, the royal pieces become increasingly free to move around on the board.This version of sáhkku is traditional both to the Vuovdaguoika area in Ohcejohka on the Finnish side of Sápmi, and by the fiord Gávkevuotna near North Cape on the Norwegian side of Sápmi.It is likely that it was played in several other locations between these two villages.