<p>After reading <a href="http://www.cyningstan.com/post/1123/games-around-the-world-pre-columbian-america" rel="nofollow">this article</a> I could find several references to games played during the precolumbian era. </p>

<p>For some of them the rules are unknown but here is the list (to be completed) :</p>

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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patolli" rel="nofollow">Patolli</a> played by Teotihuacanos, Toltecs, etc. Before Christ !</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bul_%28game%29" rel="nofollow">Bul</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awithlaknakwe" rel="nofollow">Awithlaknakwe</a></li>
<li>Totolospi</li>
</ol>

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2016-03-14T16:53:13.783Z
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Kii
<p>A number of board games survive to the present day from quite ancient times in the Old World: mancala, go, even the physical components of the game of Ur survived (though we don't know the rules).</p>

<p>Do any board games survive from the New World that predate Columbus?</p>

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2016-03-11T03:02:41.087Z
I have to ask: how much research did you do before asking this? Because the second Google result for the title of this question appears to adequately answer it.
murgatroid99
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@murgatroid99, apparently "precolumbian" is the magic word here.  I tried searching with other terms, like "new world" and "americas", but got too much noise.  Somehow "precolumbian" didn't occur to me till writing the question.
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# Do any precolumbian board games survive?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-10)

A number of board games survive to the present day from quite ancient times in the Old World: mancala, go, even the physical components of the game of Ur survived (though we don't know the rules).

Do any board games survive from the New World that predate Columbus?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I have to ask: how much research did you do before asking this? Because the second Google result for the title of this question appears to adequately answer it.  
> **username_0**: @username_1, apparently "precolumbian" is the magic word here.  I tried searching with other terms, like "new world" and "americas", but got too much noise.  Somehow "precolumbian" didn't occur to me till writing the question.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-03-14. Score: 4

After reading [this article](http://www.cyningstan.com/post/1123/games-around-the-world-pre-columbian-america) I could find several references to games played during the precolumbian era.

For some of them the rules are unknown but here is the list (to be completed) :

1. [Patolli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patolli) played by Teotihuacanos, Toltecs, etc. Before Christ !
2. [Bul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bul_%28game%29)
3. [Awithlaknakwe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awithlaknakwe)
4. Totolospi


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