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Kpo

2 players

Kpo

Game family
two rows

Overview

Kpo is a two-row mancala-style board game played by the Vei people in the late nineteenth century. It was described by Prince Momolu Massaquoi to Stewart Culin. It can be played by two, three, or four players.

Source rules (English)

Two rows of six holes with stores on either end. Four counters in each hole. Players sow in an anti-clockwise direction. When the last counter falls into a hole, and it now contains two or three counters, these are captured.