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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