Gol-skuish

Gol-skuish is a two-player abstract strategy game from India, specifically from Central Provinces, and it was described by H.J.R.

Gol-skuish belongs to a specific category of games called Indian War-games which include Lau kata kati, Dash-guti, Egara-guti, and Pretwa.

[2] This forces the first move of the game to be played on the central point, and captured by the second player's piece.

As indicated by the diagram, each player initially places their 21 pieces on three consecutive radiuses leaving the central point vacant.

Pretwa, Lau kata kati, Dash-guti, Egara-guti, Butterfly (game), Draughts, Alquerque

The Gol-skuish board with stones in the starting positions