Players | 2 Equipment 24 markers (12 each of two colors) Playing board The Basics The goal of the game is to capture or immobilize all of your opponents’ pieces. Think of modern checkers with modified rules.
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Dreidel
Players | 2 or more Equipment Dreidel 10 markers for each person The Basics The goal of the game is to accumulate as many markers as possible.
Fox and Geese
Players | 2 Equipment Playing Board 13 markers of one color(the geese) 1 marker of another color (the fox) The Basics The goal of the game is for the geese to immobilize the fox and for the fox to eat geese until there are too few geese to trap him.
Mancala
Players | 2 Equipment 36 markers Playing board The Basics The goal of the game is to accumulate as many markers as possible.
Merchant Dice
Players | 2 or more Equipment 9 cowry shells A smooth flat playing surface Gambling trinkets for betting ( you can keep track of points instead) The Basics Casting – Cowry shells have rounded back side and a flat “face” side. Gather up all 9 cowry shells and toss them onto the playing surface. Count the number…
Nine Man Morris
Players | 2 Equipment 18 markers (9 each of two colors) Playing board The Basics The goal of this game is to remove all but two of your opponents’ markers from the board
Pacheesi
Players | 2 or 4 Equipment 6 cowrie shells 16 markers (4 each of 4 colors) Playing board The Basics The goal of the game is for a team to move all 8 of their pieces all the way around the board and back to the Charkoni (the large square in the middle of the board)