Wauri
Wauri is a variant of Mancala that is played on Grand Cayman , a Caribbean island belonging to Great Britain . According to legend, Wauri was introduced to the island by the pirate Blackbeard (1675? –1718) when he was returning from a voyage to West Africa. The game is reported to have been a favorite pastime of writer Ernest Hemingway every time he vacationed on the island. The most precious wooden boards are made by an artist nicknamed Caribbean Charlie . Traditionally, the seeds of the Moluccan bean ( Caesalpinia bonduc and Caesalpinia major ) are used for playing.
Wauri is sponsored today by David Grogono . He represented the Cayman Islands at the 1996 Olympic Games as yacht captain and team member in the Mistral Men class and is now the product manager of REALbasic. In 2004 he developed a freeware program for the game that runs on Linux, Macintosh and Windows.
The game is similar to Kalaha and Sungka .
Rules of the game
Wauri is played on a board that consists of two times six pits and two larger end pits . At the beginning of the game, there are four seeds in each slot. Each player has a row.
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In each turn a player empties one of his troughs and distributes its contents individually in a counter-clockwise direction. A seed is also placed in your own end hollow, but not in that of the opponent. The symbolic meaning is that you have to pay a tax when entering enemy territory, but not when returning to your own territory.
When the last seed falls into his own end hollow, the player may draw again immediately.
The turn ends when the last seed falls into a gambling hole. It is not allowed to go without the train.
The game ends when a player can no longer move. That player wins. The loser is the player who still has seeds in his hollows at the end of the game.
variants
You win if you are the first to have no seeds in your hollows, even if your opponent could give you seeds on the next move.
Web links
- Wauri (Wiki Manqala)
- Wauri Freeware (Free Download)