Talk:Sixteen soldiers

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The diagram of the board depicted may be incorrect. From most sources that I've seen, Sixteen Soldiers is an Alquerque board flanked on all four sides with a triangular patterned board. This diagram depicts a board with only two triangular patterned boards on two opposing sides of the Alquerque board. It may be that the term "Sixteen Soldiers" is use for a variety of games which include both types of boards depending on what part of South Asia the game is played at. If so, then we should depict both types of boards, and would have to mention that in the body of the article also. This issue especially applies to the variant called Sholo guti which uses an Alquerque board flanked on only two opposing sides.