Bao (0)
Playtime: 40
Min. Age: 0
Players: 2
Publisher: Gerhards Spiel und Design, Mitra, Woodstock Spiele, Oficina do Aprendiz, (Public Domain), Creative Crafthouse
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Unknown
Mechanics: Mancala
Min. Age: 0
Players: 2
Publisher: Gerhards Spiel und Design, Mitra, Woodstock Spiele, Oficina do Aprendiz, (Public Domain), Creative Crafthouse
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: Unknown
Mechanics: Mancala
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Bao is an abstract strategy game from East Africa, especially Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania. It is generally reckoned to be the most complicated of the Mancala family games that are played in many parts of Africa.
On a Bao board each player has two rows of 8 holes, into which counters (seeds) are placed. Moves are made by taking more than one seed and 'sowing' them along the row of holes. Depending on where the last seed is placed, you can take the seeds from that hole and continue the sowing, possibly capturing seeds from your opponent in the process. The aim of the game is to empty your opponent's front row of seeds or make it impossible for him to move.
On a Bao board each player has two rows of 8 holes, into which counters (seeds) are placed. Moves are made by taking more than one seed and 'sowing' them along the row of holes. Depending on where the last seed is placed, you can take the seeds from that hole and continue the sowing, possibly capturing seeds from your opponent in the process. The aim of the game is to empty your opponent's front row of seeds or make it impossible for him to move.
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