Ayo — The Ancient Game of Seeds

Goal

Capture more than 24 seeds (out of 48) to win.

Your Turn

Pick any of your 6 pits that has seeds. Those seeds are lifted and dropped one-by-one into each pit counter-clockwise around the board.

Capturing

If the last seed you drop lands on the opponent's side and that pit now holds exactly 2 or 3 seeds, you capture them. Keep looking backwards — if the pit before it also has 2 or 3 seeds on the opponent's side, capture that too (chain capture).

Grand-Slam Rule

You cannot capture every single one of the opponent's seeds in one move. If your capture would empty their side completely, no capture is made.

Feed Rule

If the opponent has no seeds, you must play a pit whose seeds will reach their side. If no such move exists, the game ends.

Game Over

The game ends when one side is empty. The player with more captured seeds wins. Equal seeds is a draw.

AYO The Ancient Game of Seeds by ibro

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