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Kpo (Poo)
Ruleset: Momolu Massaquoi

Game

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Period(s)

Modern

Summary

Described by Prince Momolu Massaquoi.

Description

These rules were described by Prince Momolu Massaquoi of the Vei people to S. Culin in the late nineteenth century.

Rules

Two rows of six holes with stores on either end. Four counters in each hole. Players sow in an anti-clockwise direction. When the last counter falls into a hole, and it now contains two or three counters, these are captured.

Concepts

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Reference

Culin 1896: 603-604.

Other Rulesets

Described rulesets
Four players Played with four players.

Observed rulesets
Three players Played with three players.

Origin

West Africa

Identifiers

DLP.GameRulesets.280

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