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Chisolo (Tshuba, Mchombwa, Msuo, Natatu)
Ruleset: Namudilakunze

Game

See the game Chisolo for more details.

Period(s)

Modern

Summary

Captures only in the outer row.

Description

These rules were reported by Smith and Dale as a variant of Chisolo among the Ba-ila people in what is now Zambia.

Rules

One counter per hole, but with the leftmost hole in the outer row of each player empty. Capturing moves only capture stones in the opponent's outer row, and only when the inner row hole is empty.

Concepts

Browse all concepts for Namudilakunze here.

Reference

Smith and Dae 1920: 237.

Other Rulesets

Observed rulesets
Natatu Most commonly played rules observed by Smith and Dale.
One counter One counter in each hole.
Nambidi Two counters per hole.

Origin

Zambia

Identifiers

DLP.GameRulesets.609

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