Hello, I wrote some days ago in the wiki of manqala.org that some moves in nano-wari end with 2 or 3 seeds in the opponent pit, and that you can not eat them...
Salvador Cases
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Sep 2, 2004 12:49 am
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... In fact it was already solved on invention. Deledicq & Popova also proposed it with different numbers of seeds per hole at the beginning. With 1 it is: 1|1...
Another game I've just posted on the wiki: http://manqala.org/wiki/index.php/MancalaGames/Sat-gol Sat-gol This game was described by Professor Hem Chandra Das...
Hello to all -- The last bean dropped is also captured as in Kalah. Looks like I accidentally edited out that part of the rule when describing Cross-Kalah (but...
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Sep 9, 2004 6:50 pm
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the mancalagames group. File :...
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Sep 9, 2004 6:55 pm
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Maybe some of you realized that last Thursday I uploaded some files to the list web site. They are, in three formats (A4, A5 and A6) the contents of the wiki. ...
Bao ("board(-game)") is a generic term for Mancala games played in East Africa, but also used for particular games such as Bao La Kiswahili or Bao Kiarabu. ...
... I would not be so sure. It seems that former researchers didn't dig enough to get all the different versions and got only the general name. ... In what...
On an academic note, the words Bao, Wari, Mancala and even Pallankuli (whatever spelling) have been turned into generic names by those who wish to write about...
Alex de Voogt
a.j.de.voogt@...
Sep 12, 2004 9:37 am
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... Just a short note of national pride (yesterday, 11/09, was our National Day; yes, before NY and even before Chile; since 1714). In Catalan, since three or...
When was the word Mancala first used as a 'generic' name for a board game? Who was the first to use the name Mancala as a 'generic' name? Why was Mancala used...
Hello, correct me I'm wrong. Mancala was first used as a specific name for an Egyptian Mancala variant by E. W. Lane in his book "An Account of the manners and...
... I've just reread the article, to see if he explains why he uses the name Mancala for all the family, but instead of this I've found a foot note with the...
Mancala in Jamaica There are several sources which show that Mancala might be widespread in Jamaica: 1. UK Patent Number: GB476480 (1937-12-09) by Frederick...
... Bao, in Swahili, means 'board' or 'piece of wood'. Mchezo means game. Mchezo wa Bao means 'the game of Bao' and not 'board game'. The only transfer of Bao...
Alex de Voogt
a.j.de.voogt@...
Sep 13, 2004 9:46 pm
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Here is a link to an article about ourin which is the cape verdean name of the game and the seeds used to play it. ...
Hello, ... I know the article... ... I love Cabo Verde and, in fact, all Middle Atlantic islands, and I collect books on Cabo Verde. Sao Antonio is wonderful...
Hello, ... Sorry, but those who participate in tournaments are just the tip of the iceberg. For every Jamaican player who participate in a tournament, you can ...
... As far as you are citing the OWS as a source, I think it is false. There are NO Jamaican players in rankings or tournaments. And you were talking about a ...
... Oh!, you are looking on the old website, the one at http://www.oware.clara.net/ Their new website is at http://www.oware.org/ There are no Jamaican players...
... It is quite important that we try to keep ourselves from sweeping statements. Any correction on such matters should be applauded. There are many thoughts...
Alex de Voogt
a.j.de.voogt@...
Sep 14, 2004 2:51 pm
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Dear Alex, ... It was polemical, because Viktor's statement was taken totally out of context. My visit to this church (as you can imagine as a social...
Hello, ... Interesting! I thought it was about "identy": either about reconnecting with African roots or Jamaican roots. I think the patent which I cited could...
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