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Evidence for Five Counters
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.2243
Type Contemporary rule description
Game The Concentration Game
Location 6°19'3.94"N, 5°36'53.52"E
Date 1948-01-01 - 1948-12-31
Rules Three rows of four holes; the central two holes in the middle row are stores. Each player owns the hole in the central row to their left. Ten counters in each hole. Players sow from a hole in their row, sowing first into the hole from which the counters were lifted. Captures are made when the final counter lands in a hole containing five counters. the first three captures are made in this way, then the fourth capture is from a hole containing one counter, the next from a hole containing three, and the next from a hole containing five, repeating the patter of one, three, five for subsequent captures.
The player who captures the most counters wins.
Content "Five dice usually win another five dice in the holes three times, and then revert to win one, three, and five dice respectively." Egharevba 1951: 7.
Confidence 100
Source Egharevba, J. 1951. Benin Games and Sports. Sapele: Central Press.
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