Scatter your seeds counter-clockwise and time your captures to claim the lion's share of the board.
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How to play
Pick one of your houses and sow its seeds one by one into the following pits. If your last seed lands in an opponent's house bringing it to two or three, you capture it, then sweep backward grabbing any consecutive twos and threes.
Sow seeds counter-clockwise from any of your non-empty houses
Capture when your final seed makes an enemy house total two or three
A move that would starve your opponent entirely earns no capture
First to capture more than half of the 48 seeds wins
Controls
Desktop: click one of your houses to sow
Phone & tablet: tap a house
Game modes
Versus CPU on Easy, Normal or Hard
Two-player hotseat on one device, plus Online play
Choose which side you play in CPU games
Tips & strategy
Build up a loaded house to wrap the board and reach deep captures
Keep your opponent's pits empty to deny them sowing options
You are obliged to feed a starving opponent, so plan around that rule
About Oware
Oware is an original free browser version of the ancient West African sowing game from the mancala family, a deep abstract strategy classic of counting and timing. No download required.
A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.
