Tablan is a "running fight" game coming from Mysore in India. This is a class of games , in which two players advance towards each other on a straight course according to the throw of dice or casting sticks. But instead of being a race, the winner of a running fight game is decided by the capture of pieces when the game ends.
Similar game with name "Tabulfale or Tabul phale " is played in Goa region.
There is a similar Egyptian game name 'Tab'.'