Oware

Oware

£12

Tournament Format
Players Per Table – 2
Rounds – 5, Swiss Pairings
Clock Settings – Each player receives 15 mins + 5 seconds per move.

Standard MSO tie-breaks apply, except point spread is not applicable. Grand Slam captures are not allowed. A move that would result in a grand slam instead results in no capture. The rules of the game can be found here.

Oware is an abstract strategy game among the bigger Mancala family of board games (or Pit and Pebbles Games) played all over the world with slight variations across different societies with regard to distribution area, number of players and strategy of play. It is played throughout West Africa and the Caribbean. Among its many names are Ayò (Yoruba), Awalé (Côte d’Ivoire), Wari (Mali), Ouri, Ouril or Uril (Cape Verde), Warri (Caribbean), Wali (Dagbani), Adji (Ewe), Nchọ (Igbo) and Awélé (Ga). A common name in English is Awari but one of the earliest Western scholars to study the game, R.S. Rattray, used the name Wari.

The game starts with 4 seeds in each house. The object of the game is to capture more seeds than one’s opponent. Since the game has only 48 seeds, capturing 25 is sufficient to accomplish this. Since there is an even number of seeds, it is possible for the game to end in a draw, where each player has captured 24.

Oware is an abstract strategy game among the bigger Mancala family of board games (or Pit and Pebbles Games)


  • Description

    Description

    Tournament Format
    Players Per Table – 2
    Rounds – 5, Swiss Pairings
    Clock Settings – Each player receives 15 mins + 5 seconds per move.

    Standard MSO tie-breaks apply, except point spread is not applicable. Grand Slam captures are not allowed. A move that would result in a grand slam instead results in no capture. The rules of the game can be found here.

    Oware is an abstract strategy game among the bigger Mancala family of board games (or Pit and Pebbles Games) played all over the world with slight variations across different societies with regard to distribution area, number of players and strategy of play. It is played throughout West Africa and the Caribbean. Among its many names are Ayò (Yoruba), Awalé (Côte d’Ivoire), Wari (Mali), Ouri, Ouril or Uril (Cape Verde), Warri (Caribbean), Wali (Dagbani), Adji (Ewe), Nchọ (Igbo) and Awélé (Ga). A common name in English is Awari but one of the earliest Western scholars to study the game, R.S. Rattray, used the name Wari.

    The game starts with 4 seeds in each house. The object of the game is to capture more seeds than one’s opponent. Since the game has only 48 seeds, capturing 25 is sufficient to accomplish this. Since there is an even number of seeds, it is possible for the game to end in a draw, where each player has captured 24.

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  • Event Details

    Event Details

    Date: 22 August 2024

    Start time: 14:15 GMT

    End time: 18:00 GMT

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