Viktor, Thanks very much for adding your comments about the Warri festival in Antigua. I didn't really know a lot about it, I was just passing on what I'd ...
Re: Paul Smith's comment on repeating positions <<When there is a repeating position, the seeds need to be shared out according to how many seeds tend to spend...
Brian Wernham - Omweso
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Jan 11, 2003 4:03 pm
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Whilst I was working in Nigeria in November/December, I found people playing Owari under the name of Ayo in the West (Yorubaland). But in Calabar, in the deep...
Brian Wernham - Omweso
omweso@...
Jan 11, 2003 4:03 pm
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Hello all. Brian, the rule is, that if a true repetitive cycle is occurring, and it has occurred two times or more, the pieces are divided among the players...
Re: Relay sowing mancala games - never ending move proofs John Earl has provided me with a revised proof for an n-hole mancala board, with example...
Brian Wernham - Omweso
omweso@...
Jan 12, 2003 7:52 pm
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I am selling some rare books on Nigerian Mancala on eBay - proceeds to go to the Omweso Society in Kampala to fund future events. Click here to see the item: ...
Brian Wernham - Omweso
omweso@...
Jan 21, 2003 11:49 pm
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At this year's MSO Cambridge event (in Cambridge UK on 3-5 May), there will be tournaments of Oware, Omweso and Bao. If anyone from here is interested in...
re: [mancalagames] Mancala Games Tournaments in Cambridge UK This is a very attractive implementation of Bao indeed, but the program does not use the correct...
Jeroen, Thanks for your message. ... endelea. I had forgotten about that problem. I presume that this program doesn't have the takasia rule either (I never...
To: Mancala Discussion Group I was intending to add some links to the group's homepage at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mancalagames/. There are already a few...
Hi, I'm Cosimo Attanasi, Webmaster of (AIO) Italian Oware Association and moderator of the [Oware] ml on yahoo group. Please consider to add the link(s) to the...
Omweso, Bao and Oware tournaments, 3-5 May 2003, Cambridge, UK The event's web site is at www.msocambridge.org.uk 1. Do you want to practice these games and...
Brian Wernham - Omweso
omweso@...
Feb 21, 2003 11:06 am
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It is unlikely that I will be in London but I much appreciate your efforts! There is some concern that the bao rules in use are correct; I recommend the...
Alex de Voogt
a.j.de.voogt@...
Feb 21, 2003 11:19 am
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Does anyone know of any website where I can download a free version of Bao?...
... There are a few free Bao playing programs available. Try here: http://www.scubaweb.co.uk/~bf/bao.html http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/~donkers/games/Bao/ ...
... I'm very bad remembering names... The first was called, I think, Fernando. The second Victoriano Mendes The third Víktor Bautista i Roca The first two are...
... I think this one at least is definitely right :-) ... Nice pictures, thanks. I hope I will one year get to Cannes. About how many people play in the Awale...
It's now only a couple of weeks until MSO Cambridge 2003. This event is at Parkside School, Cambridge, UK on 3/4/5 May. As with last year, there are...
Cambridge versus Kampala at Games Festival over Bank Holiday Weekend A team of 15 Ugandan players will be seeking gold at this year's Cambridge Mind Sports...
Does anyone know of any strategies that can be used when playing omweso? Build your own online music collection when you sign up for MSN Music Club!...
Brenda, Thanks very much for your message. ... This is a very interesting question. Unfortunately I have seen very little written down about Omweso strategy. ...
Thankyou for the pointer Paul. At the time I learnt the game, I didn't really have anyone to play with so had to play against myself. Another thing, I don't...
I have just watched a programme on Satelite TV all about how Oware is sweeping the UK. My son brought a board back from Tanzania while he was on a student ...
Congratulations! You bought yourself a Bao board... (not for oware, but you can play that game too). These are quite difficult to obtain in Europe - there was...
Sandy, ... Very interesting! What programme was that, and what channel was it on? It is true that there seem to be more and more people interested in Oware. ...
... It is a bao board and you have lost 2 seeds :-) I suggest you visit all the links Jeroen has given you and try first with "bao la kujifunza" (bao to...
Hello, In November there will be a new Computer Olympiad (the 8th) in the city of Graz. (see http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/olympiad2003/) I hope to have a...
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