Dara (game)

Dara is a two-player abstract strategy board game played in several countries of West Africa.

It is popular in Niger among the Zarma, who call it dili, and it is also played in Burkina Faso.

In the Hausa language (Niger and Nigeria), the game is called doki which means horse.

In Niger, people simply dig out 30 holes in the sand; one side takes doum nuts, the other short sticks.

Moreover, the rule that four or more pieces in a row are illegal to form also applies in the Drop phase.