How to play Bao la Kiswahili
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2024
- Bao is a traditional East-African game from the Mancala family (actually "bao" means ”board game“) that exists in many shapes and variations of rules. The version “Bao la Kiswahili” is called the King of Mancala games.
The rules are quite challenging, but this video shows them all in 16min by example.
They can also be read in more detail here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Xry-...
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:10 Basics: The board
01:08 Basics: Goal of the Game
01:19 Basics: Sowing
01:50 Basics: Harvesting
02:45 Basics: A Move
03:20 1st phase: New seed
03:55 1st phase: Move without capture
04:20 1st phase: Consecutive sowing
05:56 1st phase: Multiple captures
06:48 Basics revisited: Determined direction
07:23 Basics revisited: Reversing direction
08:15 1st phase: The Nyumba
09:00 1st phase: Safari
09:36 1st phase: Taxation
10:22 1st phase: Nyumba & Pit Selection
10:51 1st phase: Change to phase 2
11:22 2nd phase: Move without capture
12:14 2nd phase: Pit selection without capture
12:27 2nd phase: Move with capture
13:18 2nd phase: Pit selection with capture
13:28 2nd phase: Forbidden capture
14:13 2nd phase: Blocking
15:12 2nd phase: The Nyumba
15:45 Basics revisited: End of Game
16:19 Outro
Good video, thank you. I will have to watch it again at home with a notepad :-)
Lovely video presentation. You have a very nice Bao Board. Congratulations from Bao Electronic Board Game that brings the African Bao to digital world.
Thanks for this video. I used to play nap but it has been at least 15 years and I don’t remember all the rules. It would be awesome if you could video an actual game and talk through it so I could see everything in action. But even if you don’t I am very grateful for your time and effort in making this video. Very well explained.
I'm happy that you like it! You might be interested in registering at boardgamearena.com/ (basic membership is free), there I have implemented this game, so you could play it, and I added a video tutorial where you see the game in action.
Thanks a lot for your explanation. We had the chance to learn Bawo in Malawi some time ago but over the years forgot most of the rules. One question to the Nyumba: is it possible to reactivate its function if it is already destroyed (i.e. by slowly filling it up with 6 seeds again)?
Sorry for late reply. No, that is not possible, once it is destroyed, it stays destroyed. Only if it is temporarily inactive by taxing, it may regain its functionality.
Danke für das Video Alex. Ich hoffe Du sprichst Deutsch 😅… sag mal hast Du einen Tipp, wo man dieses Board in Deutschland kaufen kann? Ich habe das “Standard” Hus Board, hätte aber gern das mit der quadratischen Nyumba. Viele Grüße, Carsten
Hi Carsten, das ist tatsächlich schwierig, ich habe auch keins gefunden und mir deshalb von meinem Nachbarn 2 Quadrate in ein Standard Hus-Board fräsen lassen. Vielleicht hast du einen Schreiner in der Nähe, der das machen kann, sollte für jemand mit der richtigen Ausrüstung nicht aufwendig sein.
@@alexanderruhl3935danke für die schnelle Antwort und den Hinweis!
Thank you very much for this detailed video I wrote and studied it, I want to learn this game. I don't understand something, could you answer me?
There is this part: 1st phase: change to phase 2 10:52
So I have the last seed left in my storage area. I didn't understand this chapter, could you explain it again if I ask.
Or can I follow the rule here if I want to place my last seed on the board in a full hole?
How do I continue here?
Thank you :)
The last seed gets played exactly like all before. But in your next turn, phase 2 of the game starts and you start your move from a filled pit. Also some other rules change as explained.
Hi, thanks for the video. You say around 10:34 that if the nyumba is destroyed, then when you make a move without capture you need to start with a pit with two seeds. However at 10:52 you place the last seed in a pit with only one seed despite the nyumba being destroyed. What am I missing here?
This ist already a new chapter explaining the transition to next phase, so it hast nothing to do with the previous explanation about the destroyed nyumba. I only showed a simple Board Situation for simplicity. But you are right, normally with that nyumba I should have chosen a different pit.
I learned this game in Comoros and the only rule my buddies and I still don't understand is blocking. I don't think the Comorian guys who played used that rule
Yes, Kutakatia situation is very rare. But it should protect a possible capture from just getting put away from the opponent. So if a player, after a move without capture, ends his move in a situation where exactly one harvest would be possible the next time, then his opponent is not allowed to move away those seeds with a move without capture. Thus, the opponent's pit is blocked.
The rules to this game seem convoluted and confusing just for the sake of seeming strategic and clever. At this point I'm not sure there is an actual reason for the rules being this complicated other than to just confuse.
Yes, they are complicated, I had a hard time getting them straight and implementing all cases on BGA.
But I wouldn't imply intent as this is an old traditional game which evolved over a very long time. No one designed the rules, they were created over time and the current state is how they play it in Tanzania.
As regras parecem complexas, mas depois que você começa a jogar percebe que na verdade elas são bem simples.
This game is similar to mancala.
That's similar to saying Texas Hold'em Poker is similar to card games
@@Bobo-ox7fj being an a$$hole is not the same thing as being clever