OWARE

Abapa Version

Rules In Brief    

KOFI C. AGUDOAWU Copyright 1991     

1.                4 seeds are placed into each of the 12 cups

2.                 Each player in turn empties the seeds from one of his/her cups and sows them into the adjacent cups moving in a counter clockwise direction, leaving the original cup empty.

3.                 When the last seed is placed into an opponent’s cup containing 1 or 2 seeds, the player captures those seeds as well as any adjacent cups containing 2 or 3 seeds on the opponent’s side.

4.                 When the opponent’s cups are empty, the player must feed the opponent cups if possible. If he/she cannot do this then he/she captures all the remaining seeds on his or her side.

5.                 A player must not place any seeds into the original cup from where he/she removed the seeds, such as a heavily loaded cup that makes more than one revolution on the board.

6.                 Each player gains the remaining seeds in his/her territory when they cannot be captured.

(Except for beginners all calculations on strategy should be done mentally.)