Wari
Strategy Game


Wari is a popular board game played in ancient times in Africa and Asia and is also known as Mancala.

Two players take it in turns to take all of the counters (seeds or pips) from a cell (pit or pot) and sow them one by one in a clockwise direction into the next cells. If the final counter brings the total number of counters in a cell to two or three, those counters are won by the player. The game finishes when there are no counters left in one of the rows of six cells.

Here is the Transum version of Wari called "Pips and Pots"

Tips:

1. Click on a pot to sow the pips from that pot

2. Click on "Player 1" and "Player 2" to change them to your own names.

3. Open the game in a full screen by clicking here.


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