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To all WARI players:-
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I have composed and played a tiny amount, a variant of the classic mancala
game Wari.  The reason for composing it is that I feel that Wari has great
scope for strategic play, but that this is barely realised in the current
game with only 6 cells on each side.  Thus I have extended it to 8 cells,
which I think gives it the greater scope, while typically not requiring
any extra time to play, the same number of stones being used.

If anyone here should feel like an off-server email game or two, please reply.


SUPER-WARI RULES
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1. The board has 8 cells on each side, starting with 3 stones in each.

2. Movement is anti-clockwise, in the usual mancala manner, with
   the Wari capture rule:- if the final cell is an opponent cell
   which has become size 2 or 3, it is captured together with
   any other 2-or-3 opponent cells continuously backward from it.

3. The cell moved from is not re-sown in that turn.

4. A move may not be made which would leave the opponent with no stones
   on his side of the board; unless this is unavoidable, in which case
   the sower plays any move and wins all the remaining stones.

5. The usual "ko" rule applies - if a position repeats, each wins
   the stones left on his own side.
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If you wish to try an email game or two, please reply to me:

w.taylor@math.canterbury.ac.nz

with this board cut-and-pasted, and your first move made:-


   h    g    f    e    d    c    b    a
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
|  3 |  3 |  3 |  3 |  3 |  3 |  3 |  3 |   Bill
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
|  3 |  3 |  3 |  3 |  3 |  3 |  3 |  3 |   Yourname
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
   a    b    c    d    e    f    g    h

   Yourname  Bill
1.    ?
2.
3.
4.
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Please enter your name (twice), and your first move.

Happy sowing!

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        Bill Taylor                    W.Taylor@math.canterbury.ac.nz
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