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Wöré (Wore, Weuré)DLP Game   

Period Modern

Region Western Africa

Category Board, Sow, Two rows

Description

Wöré was observed in the early twentieth century in St. Louis, Senegal. It was considered a game for women, and in some families it is forbidden for young girls and uncircumcised boys to play it.

Rules

Counters are placed in piles: two rows of four piles. Six counters in each pile. A player sows from any of the piles in the player's row in an anti-clockwise direction. Any pile which contains 2, 4, or 6 counters is captured. The player with the most counters captured wins.

Béart 1955: 512.

Origin

West Africa.

Ludeme Description

Wore.lud

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Identifiers

DLP.Games.412


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