Hêyângulli

Hêyângulli (Hapšâw'l: Playing Rocks) is a set of tiles used to play many games on the island of Hapšâw. The set is divided into three pairs of nine tiles, as well as four additional tiles, for a total of 58 tiles. Most sets are made out of wood or stone, though other materials have been used occasionally, most often metal; the tiles are square, each is about 3 centimeters wide and 5 millimeters tall.

The tiles are divided into three sets of 18 tiles, which are referred to as black (bzây), red (kiwwan) and animal (mêdâl) sets, each set differing in design. The sets contain two sets of 9 tiles.

Black

Tiles on the black set are white and marked with patterns of lines, with the amount of fields corresponding to the number of the tile. Tiles in the second set are colored in the opposite way, with the fields being colored and marked with black lines, the 1 tile also features a flower. Contrary to their name, the black tiles do not need to be black, with blue and brown being other common colors, they cannot however be black.

Standard set of black Ĥêyângulli tiles.

Red

Red tiles feature a pattern of red pips, the number of which corresponds to the tiles number. The colors of the second set are swapped, with white pips on a red background, the pattern of the pips is also shifted 45° compared to the white tiles.

Standard set of red Ĥêyângulli tiles

Animal

Animal tiles depict animals, which get larger as the tiles number increases. The standard set of animals is, in ascending order: ant, beetle, dragonfly, fish, mouse, bird, cat, boar, deer. The second set features pairs of animals.

Special tiles

Three special tiles are included with every set, representing the gods Hakay (empty tile with A circle containing another, filled circle, representing the sun and moon), Tsalyw (tile with a pattern of waves on it), and Vayma (empty tile).