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Murabaraba

Game Night
M
PLAYERS
2
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Both
MATERIALS
MEASUREMENTS

Three concentric squares connected by lines, forming 24 total points.

HOW TO PLAY
1

Take turns placing one marker at a time on any empty point of the board until both players have placed all twelve markers.

2

Forming a straight row of three of your own markers along any connected line during placement lets you remove one of your opponent's markers immediately.

3

Once all markers are placed, players take turns sliding one marker along a line to an adjacent empty point, continuing to try to form new rows of three.

4

Breaking and re-forming the same row of three repeatedly to capture again and again is generally not allowed under the traditional rule.

5

Continue alternating slides and captures until one player has too few markers left to form any further rows.

6

The player who reduces their opponent to two markers, or leaves them with no legal move, wins the game.