Yoté
(Yote)
Ruleset:
Yoté (Yote)
Game
See the game Yote for more details.
Period(s)
Modern
Summary
Rules for Yoté.
Description
These rules were played in Senegal in the early twentietth century.
Rules
5x5 board. Twelve pieces per player. Players alternate turns placing a piece on the board or moving a piece already on the board. Pieces move one space in any orthogonal direction. A player may capture an opponent's piece by hopping over it to an empty space on the other side of it. When a capture is made in this fashion, the player chooses another piece belonging to the opponent to capture in addition. The player who captures all of the opponent's pieces wins.
Concepts
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Reference
Béart 1955: 462-464.
Other Rulesets
Origin
Senegal
Identifiers
DLP.GameRulesets.779
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