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Jul 1, 2004 5:26 pm
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Symbolical Meaning of some Mancala Variants ... Oware.........................Sowing and harvesting in a pre- industrial, agricultural society Pas de...
A friend of mine found this pair of pages showing some ancient game boards (but not only Mancala boards) found in and around Petra, and I thought it would be...
Hi all, My name is Guy. I am a local representative of the Oware Society based in a not attractive and empty area of Europe, specially during Summer Holidays :...
In Cannes - French Riviera - stands annually an International Games Festival. Over 100s of games are presented, visitors can discover or participate at...
Hello, I've just created the following folder: Mancala Rules http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/mancalagames/files/Mancala% 20Rules/ It contains the complete...
Dear Guy, ... There appears to be an Italian Oware forum at Yahoo: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/oware/ In Germany, almost every "One World Shop" (shops...
Dear Guy, ... There is a national Oware Association in Italy ("Associazione Italiana Oware (AIO)". They have a homepage at http://it.geocities.com/owareitalia/...
Pas de Deux =========== Minor changes can make a big difference ! Pas de Deux (French for: Pair Dance) is an Oware variant which offers totally new challenges....
Sowing ====== Sowing was invented by the English mathematician John Horton Conway who described the game in 1994 at an international workshop on combinatorial...
Nano-Wari Nano-Wari was created by the Russian A. Popova and the French A. Deledicq in 1977 who called it a game of contemplation because it's a game without...
Many thanks Ralf, it is now added in my "Others links" page. http://pagesperso.aol. fr/awalepaca/l_awaleenpaca_l_association_d_autresassociations.htm Regards ...
Hi. I'm preparing a zillionsofgames package of Mancala IV games and I wish to confirm a capturing rule. In Otu (& Otra - different setup), captures are made...
... I have never heard about this Otu game, but in all 2 cycles (better than 4 rows) manqala games I know the inner row MUST be occupied. Btw, what manqala...
Hello, in almost all 4+ rank games the inner row of your opponent must be occupied to capture stones. 6-rank Katro is exceptional in so far as in some...
... I guess it is true that Larry's book (like every other games book I have read) has mistakes in it, but I would like to say something in defence of it as it...
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Jul 28, 2004 5:46 pm
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Hello Paul, ... would ... I fully agree with you that the collection of references is one of the best parts of the book. You may be right when you state that...
Since the conversation drifted to Fanorona and primary sources, may I recommend: J. et S. Chauvicourt Le Fanorona, jeu national Malgache 1980 Antananarivo:...
Alex de Voogt
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Jul 28, 2004 7:09 pm
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... The owner of this list should tell off the person who started it. ... I ... I have got a copy of this book, I agree that it is excellent. I also heard of...
Can we trust native players? Originally the rules of traditional games were (almost?) always learnt from native players, so we have no choice to trust them...
... surely the answer to Ralf's question is that a scholar must cross-check their sources where possible? as to my question: sometimes, western anthropology ...
Hello Zanga Chris, when I lived at the Bruderhof, I always found it very difficult to trust outsiders who visited "us", a close-knit Christian community. ... ...
Dear Zanga Chris, where are you from? Could you teach me a Mancala? Have fun, Ralf ... _________________________________________________________________ Die...
... Hi Ralf, certainly they can and they should ... i agree it is impossible for some to do *well* but when such people do (as they often do) their work isn't...
... Hi Ralf, i'm from Malawi, living in London for the moment. i doubt that i can add to your immense knowledge of Mancala games - i've been seeing your...
Micro-Wari Micro-Wari was invented by Assia Popova (a Russian) and André Deledicq (a French) in 1977. The game is one of the smallest Mancala variants in...
22 Mancala variants are now described at http://manqala.org/wiki/index.php/MancalaGames If you see any mistakes (including spelling, bad expressions ...), ...
How Germany is supporting to break her own Laws... Or: A History of Bao in Germany. Many years ago a game company started to sell Bao in Germany. They became...
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