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Hawalis DLP Game   

Period Modern

Region Western Asia

Category Board, Sow, Four rows

Description

Hawalis is a mancala-style game played in Oman that closely mirrors Bao Ki Arabu in Zanzibar. It has been observed being played outside in Muscat, and the players were Arab-speaking Omani men. The board has four rows of seven holes, and is often played as holes dug out in the sand.

Rules

Play begins with two seeds in each hole. Each player owns the two rows closest to them. Play proceeds by taking the seeds from one hole and sowing them one by one in consecutive holes in an anti-clockwise direction. If the last seed falls in a hole in the inner row, and the opponent's hole opposite it is not empty, then the opponent's seeds in that hole are captured. Players can only play from holes with single counters when there is no other option, and they may not sow into another hole that already contains a counter. Play continues until one player no longer has any seeds.

de Voogt 2003: 95-97.

Origin

Oman? Zanzibar?

Ludeme Description

Hawalis.lud

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Sources

de Voogt, A. 2003. Hawalis in Oman: a first account of expertise and dispersal of four-row mancala in the Middle East. Board Game Studies 6: 5–98.

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Identifiers

DLP.Games.104

BGG.42246


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