Seeg: Saharan Stick Game

Seeg is the stick game of the Sahara. Two sides race their pieces along a mound of sand, throw eight carved sticks for dice, and capture whatever they land on. Now it plays on your phone, with friends near or far.

THROW THE STICKS Eight sticks, carved on one face and bare on the other. When all but one fall the same way, that is a Seeg, and it frees a piece. Two bare faces is the donkey, the throw nobody wants. All eight bare is the cow. Every throw is a small drama, and the whole table watches it land.

PLAY YOUR WAY • Against the house, any time, no account needed • On one phone, passing it round: one to six players a side • Online: quick match finds you a table in seconds, and house players fill any empty seat • Private rooms: invite friends by link or right from the app, pick your sides, and talk while you play

LEARN IN TWO MINUTES A short first match shows you how to read the sticks, move and capture. The rest you learn the way everyone does: by losing to your uncle.

THE RULES OF THE CAMPS Camps play Seeg differently and argue about it as they play. Choose the rules of Nouakchott, of the Adrar, or of the Sahara at Laayoune, gathered from players and from field notes.

FAIR AND FRIENDLY • Online, the sticks are thrown by our server, never by a player's phone • Public tables have quick phrases and emotes; voice is only for private rooms between friends • Report or block anyone, right from the table • No ads, nothing to buy, no stakes

In English, French and Arabic.

Gather round the sand.