Tâb
Tâb (Egyptian Arabic: طاب, romanized: ṭāb) is the name of a running-fight board game played in several Muslim (mostly Arab) countries, and a family of similar board games played in North Africa (as sîg) and West Asia, from Iran to West Africa and from Turkey to Somalia, where a variant called deleb is played. The rules and boards can vary widely across the region though almost all consist of boards with three or four rows. A reference to "al-tâb wa-l-dukk" (likely a similar game) occurs in a poem of 1310.
| Years active | First documented in 1600s. |
|---|---|
| Genres | Board game Running-fight game Dice game |
| Players | 2 |
| Setup time | 30 seconds - 1 minute |
| Playing time | 5–60 minutes |
| Chance | Medium (dice rolling) |
| Skills | Strategy, tactics, counting, probability |
| Synonyms | Sîg, Deleb |
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