1Pick up all the seeds in one of your pits and sow them counter-clockwise, one per pit.
2If your last seed makes 2 or 3 in an opponent's pit, you capture those seeds.
3The pits just before it that also hold 2 or 3 are captured too.
4The game ends when a player can't move, and whoever captured more seeds wins.
Questions
Capture more seeds than your opponent. The first player to capture 25 or more seeds (out of 48) wins. The game ends when one player captures 25+ seeds (instant win), or when too few seeds remain for either player to capture more. Player with more captured seeds wins.
The board has two rows of six pits. Each pit starts with 4 seeds (48 total). Players sit facing each other, each controlling the six pits on their side. There are no separate stores - captured seeds are kept aside.
Count seeds carefully to plan captures several moves ahead. Build up large seed counts in your pits for powerful sowing moves. Avoid leaving pits with 1 or 2 seeds in range of opponent's sowing moves.
Oware is the national game of Ghana and one of the oldest games still widely played. It spread throughout Africa, the Caribbean, and beyond through cultural exchange and the African diaspora.
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