Kolam Kambi (South Indian Line-Drawing Puzzle)
K
PLAYERS
1+
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Both
MATERIALS
- Chalk or rice flour
- A flat ground or floor surface
HOW TO PLAY
1
Mark out an evenly spaced grid of dots on the ground using chalk or a trickle of rice flour.
2
Try to draw a single continuous looping line that winds around and encloses every dot on the grid.
3
The line must never lift off the surface, cross itself, or touch any dot directly.
4
Plan your path in advance since a wrong turn partway through can trap you with no way to finish the pattern.
5
For a group challenge, players can race to complete their own dot grid first or take turns extending one shared pattern.
6
A successfully completed loop that encloses every single dot without gaps wins that round.