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Aaron Dalton has implemented another mancala game on Super Duper Games: Afrika ====== The game was invented by me in 2004 and first posted in this forum. Right...
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I'm not a mathematician so these are just a few thoughts: Super Duper Games could be seen as a way to conduct extensive play-testing. Empirical data is easily...
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Reminder from the Calendar of mancalagames http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mancalagames/cal National Warri Festival Saturday November 18, 2006 All Day (This...
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(1) Oware ===== AwaNet http://www.myriad-online.com/cgi-bin/awaatp.pl?nb=10 kurnik http://www.kurnik.org/ (called "Mancala" (?!)) Richard's Play-By-eMail...
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In some internet implementations a game of Oware ends as soon as a player has captured 25 seeds. Is this only known from the internet or does a similar rule...
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It is probably better if I give an example: Master A has captured 25 seeds, master B 21 seeds. 2 seeds are still on the board which can be captured by B. Does...
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I do not know who called this version of cups "Bohnduell" , however for most of German speakers the compound "Bohnduell" sounds odd and for this reason...
matthias liszt
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Nov 6, 2006
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... Well, this was the name that was first used on Brettspielwelt in 2001. The other name, "Bohnenduell", was created years later. The Brettspielwelt is still...
Ralf
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In Barcelona the game is counted 1-0. If there is enough time and both players agree thay can end the game, if the championship is running short of time the...
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55Stones can also be played as a misère variant: The player who has still stones in his hand when his opponent reaches an empty hole captures these stones....
Ralf Gering
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Nov 7, 2006
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... Should be "... loses all stones that cannot be played." Ralf...
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does anyone know if such sowing games exist where there are two different coloured stones and this has importance on the game? years ago i got the idea for a...
matthias liszt
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... One such commercial game is Space Walk, and other similar previously published games include Rondell, Pyramidis and (to stretch the definition of "mancala...
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Nov 10, 2006
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Misconceptions on mancala games abound in Europe and the USA. (1) "Mancala games are primitive in a cultural sense as well as a mathematical sense." Obviously...
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Nov 11, 2006
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SDG Development Queue ===================== Glass Bead Game o Looks very interesting but the fact that you can sow the beads in an arbitrary order makes it a...
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Owani is an interesting Oware variant played in Gabon. There is an interesting book on the game: L'Owani Et Le Songa: Deux Jeux De Calculs Africains Author:...
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Aaron Dalton, the owner and programmer of SDG, has put the Glass Bead Game back in the general pool or SDG wishlist. He said that nothing is wrong with the...
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If one of our members, I will call him Mister X, would harass you by sending you every day another e-mail in which he demands that you should leave our group,...
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This is the final chapter on my experiences in Super Duper Games, a site which offers numerous mostly abstract games including three mancala games. It appears...
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I recently contacted a man from Gabon and asked him about the Owani rules. It appears that most rules are like the Oware rules (abapa) including Grand Slam but...
Ralf
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... It appears that the Owani rules are influenced by Songo ewondo ("Songa" in Gabon). So, in every move only one stone can be sown into each of hole you own ...
Ralf Gering
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Many mancala games in Africa and southeastern Asia are started simultaneously. There is even one game called Agsinnoninka played by the Iloko tribe in the...
Ralf
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Nov 20, 2006
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Well, this might be just a matter of opinion, but your opinion counts. After all your opinion is what makes you decide which games you play, buy, teach your...
Ralf
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The BGG Ranking of Mancala Games (November 22, 2006) Number of Views (BoardGameGeek) - November 22, 2006 ... Mancala (Generic Term) 15,102 = 100% ...
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Nov 22, 2006
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The following analysis is based on data from the front page of Super Duper Games. Case A): Diffusion The size of the sample is now 53 games (Note: one game is...
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Nov 24, 2006
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Hello, I invented several mancala games, two of them (55Stones and Afrika) are implemented on Super Duper Games. Since November 10, I get harassing e-mails...
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