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Wari Guyanese

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PLAYERS
2
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Place four seeds in each of the twelve pits before the game begins.

2

On a turn, a player scoops up all seeds from one pit on their own side and sows them counterclockwise, one seed per pit.

3

If the final seed sown lands in an opponent's pit that then contains two or three seeds, those seeds are captured.

4

Captures may chain backward through consecutive qualifying pits, all added to the capturing player's store in one turn.

5

The game ends when a side's pits are empty; each player keeps whatever remains on their side, and the higher total of captured seeds wins.