Oware
This game, played in West Africa and in Caribbean, is perhaps the most widespread game among the family of Mancalas.
It is named Ayò (Yoruba, Nigeria), Awalé or Awélé (Ivory Coast), Wari (Mali), Ouri or Ouril (Cap Verde), Warri (the Caribbean) or Awari.
Witness of the African traditional values, the players of Oware encourage the participation of spectators and it is thus normal that those discuss the game passionately and advise the players.
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How to play?Two players play in turn. Each player takes all seeds from one of the pits of his side and distributes them, one by one, in the pits which follow in his side and then in his adversary side, in the opposite direction of the needles of a clock. If the last seed falls into a pit from the opposing side with now two or three seeds, the player captures these seeds and place them in his reserve. If the preceding box is also in the opposing side with two or three seeds, he also captures these seeds, and so on until he arrives at his side or until there is no more two or three seeds in the pit. The winner is the player who will have captured the greatest number of seeds at the end of the game. |
