A Computerized Wari Game

Computerized Shareware Wari For Your PC

In a slightly more complicated version of the game (referred to as Wari in this article), you actually capture your opponent's seeds. The first person to capture 25 or more seeds wins. Like Island Wari, counterclockwise moves may include placing seeds in the home base (with an extra turn if your last seed of a move ends up in your home base) OR the home base wells may be omitted. Since the computerized version of Wari discussed in this article does not include home base wells, only moves among your 6 wells (A, B, C, D, E and F) and among your opponent's 6 wells (A', B', C', D', E' and F') will be mentioned. In the following illustrations the home base wells will be omitted.

In the computerized Wari the moves are counterclockwise as in Island Wari, except there are no seeds placed in the home base wells since these wells are absent from the board. If your last seed ends up in your opponent's well resulting in a total of 2 or 3 seeds, you capture all the seeds in that well. [I.e. If your opponent's well already has 1 or 2 seeds and your last seed goes into that well resulting in a total of 2 or 3 seeds.] If your Wari board contains home base wells you can place the captured seeds in your home base. A capture also includes consecutive previous wells on your opponent's side which contain a total of 2 or 3 seeds. Remember that if you move a well (on your side) with enough seeds to go completely around the board (12 or more), the original well is skipped and left empty. The following illustrations will explain how to capture your opponent's seeds. Let's start with a board containing the following configuration of seeds:

Now let's pick up all the 9 seeds in your well B and place one in your wells C, D, E and F, and one in your opponent's A', B', C', D' and E' resulting in the next board configuration:

Because your last seed makes a total of 3 seeds in your opponent's well E' you may capture these 3 seeds. You may also capture the adjacent (consecutive) 3 seeds in your opponent's wells D', C', B' and A' as shown in the next illustration:

So you have already captured 15 of your opponent's seeds and you only need 10 more seeds (a total of 25) to win the game.

The computerized shareware Wari game includes a complete and easy to follow self guided tour where 2 players (the giraffe and the lion) compete with each other. In the shareware Wari game, 2 players may compete against each other on a simulated board displayed on the monitor. Although it is a DOS program, it has good graphics and works fine under Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. With a sound card and speakers you can hear background music, the sound of seeds being scooped up and dropped into the wells, and the roars of animal opponents. The shareware game comes with 3 computer opponents in case you are alone--the giraffe, the zebra and the lion. For a minimal cost you can download a registered version that also includes the elephant. The giraffe is the easiest to beat, the lion and zebra are tough, and only master players can beat the elephant. During the game the animal opponents may make little insulting remarks to you, in an attempt to destroy your concentration and self confidence.

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