AWari is an ancient game of strategy from Africa. It is part of the Mancala family of games that include the highly complex game of Bao.
These games ar all played according to the same basi princiles. Each player has a number of "pots" or "bowls" into which are placed "seeds" or "stones". Stones are not ownd by any one player and each on their turn "sows" seeds from one pot in an attempt to capture.
Wari is simple to play but very hard to play well.
)CConsider the following situation, where the numbers on the second line represent the bowls nearest to the player:
6 5 1 2 6 1
0 4 7 1 1 1
If the player chooses to sow the 7 stones in the third bowl from the left then they will capture 5. The final position will be:
6 5 0 0 7 2
0 4 0 2 2 2
The Psion might then sow its 6 stones on the extreme left capturing 9 in the process...
0 5 0 0 7 2
1 5 1 0 0 0
The player could then sow their 5 seeds to capture another 3:
0 5 0 0 7 0
1 0 2 1 1 1
to which the Psion could respond by sowing 5 and capturing 5:
1 0 0 0 7 0
2 1 0 0 1 1
Note that the moves shown here are not necessarily the best ones and that capturing is not compulsory.
These examples show the importance of looking ahead in Wari and explain why such a simple game can be so hard to master.
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AWari is an ancient game of strategy from Africa. It is part of the Mancala family of games that include the highly complex Bao.
These games are all played according to the same basic principles. Each player has a number of "pots" or "bowls" into which are placed "seeds" or "stones". Stones are not owned by any one player and each on their turn "sows" seeds from one pot in an attempt to capture.
Wari is a game of pure skill, simple to play but very hard to play well.
WDEach player has six bowls in front of them each of which initially contains four stones.
First player is chosen at random. On their turn each player selects one of their (non-empty) bowls and "sow" the stones (yes, that is a mixed metaphore...).
Your bowls are at the bottom of the screen. On your turn either tap a bowl or press a number from 1 to 6.
One stone is placed in each bowl in a clockwise direction. If there are enough stones to go all the way round then the starting bowl is skipped.
If the final stone falls in one of the opponent's bowls a capture may occur. If this final bowl now contains 2 or 3 stones then they are captured by the sowing player. Furthermore if the previous bowl contains 2 or 3 stones then these are captured as well, and so on back round the opponent's bowls until one is reached that does not contain 2 or 3 stones.
If on their turn a player is unable to move - all their bowls are empty - then the opponent scores all their remaining stones and the game is over.
The winner is the first player to capture more than half the stones - 25. A score of 24 all is a draw.
Introduction
How to Play
Scoring Examples
Registration
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]DEach player has six bowls in front of them each of which initially contains four stones.
First player is chosen at random. On their turn each player selects one of their (non-empty) bowls and "sow" the stones (yes, that is a rather mixed metaphor...).
Your bowls are at the bottom of the screen. On your turn either tap a bowl or press a number from 1 to 6.
One stone is placed in each bowl in a clockwise direction. If there are enough stones to go all the way round then the starting bowl is skipped.
If the final stone falls in one of the opponent's bowls a capture may occur. If this final bowl now contains 2 or 3 stones then they are captured by the sowing player. Furthermore if the previous bowl contains 2 or 3 stones then these are captured as well, and so on back round the opponent's bowls until one is reached that does not contain 2 or 3 stones.
If on their turn a player is unable to move - all their bowls are empty - then the opponent scores all their remaining stones and the game is over.
The winner is the first player to capture more than half the stones - 25. A score of 24 all is a draw.
Introduction
How to Play
Scoring Examples
Registration
Further Information
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