Bao La Kiswhailli
Bao la kiswhailli is a mancala board game (mancala means games for family). the Bao board has several small pits in swahili pits is termed mashimo. the setup is 4 rows with 8 mashimos each. In the game the players place 6 seeds in the nyumba or houses. Then each player has 22 or 20 seeds in their hand.
Then the Namua phase starts the Namua phase is when each player begins his or her move by introducing one of the seeds he or she has in hand into the board. The seed must be placed in a non-empty mahimo in the player's inner row.
A "marker" pit is a pit of the inner row that faces a non-empty opponent's pit. If the first seed is placed in a marker pit, a capture occurs, and the player's turn will be called a mtaji turn. Otherwise, the turn will be called a takata turn. A player must capture if he or she can do that. In a mtaji turn, other captures may occur as a consequence of sowing in a takata turn, on the other hand, captures are not allowed
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Then the Namua phase starts the Namua phase is when each player begins his or her move by introducing one of the seeds he or she has in hand into the board. The seed must be placed in a non-empty mahimo in the player's inner row.
A "marker" pit is a pit of the inner row that faces a non-empty opponent's pit. If the first seed is placed in a marker pit, a capture occurs, and the player's turn will be called a mtaji turn. Otherwise, the turn will be called a takata turn. A player must capture if he or she can do that. In a mtaji turn, other captures may occur as a consequence of sowing in a takata turn, on the other hand, captures are not allowed
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