Welcome to the Home Page for the
Players of the World's Oldest Game
It is the purpose of the Warri Society International to gather and provide data pertaining to the various game versions and activities related to Warri; to be a Central Databank and Data Depository; to make this information available to the community; to teach and promote the inherent skills of the game.
The Warri game is played in almost every country in the world and is known by hundreds of different names.
Some of the game names are: Adi, Adjiboto, Awale, Awari, Awele, Ayo Ayo, Azigo, Bao, Chongkak, Choro, Congkak, Dakon, Gabata, J'erin J’erin, Kalah, Kpo, Lela, Mancala, Mweso, Okwe, Omweso, Oware, Pallam kuzhi, Pandi, Princess Sita, Sunca, Vai Lung Thlan, Warri, Wouri, and many more names.
There are more than a hundred versions of play on various size boards. Two players on a common ‘two by six’ board usually play Warri with a storehouse at each end of the board.
There is an abundance of information about the game that is available on the internet. I've include a few links below that are important to know about.
Web sites for Warri rules, info and freeware/shareware computer programs:
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Awale-related resources on the Internet
This site also has a free downloadable Shareware version of the game that can be played on a computer. They call the game Awale.
click the links below:
Warri (Awale) game for Mac and PC computers
click the link below:
http://www.oware.org/ 
click the link below:
http://barbadosphotogallery.com/warri/warrigame.htm
The Online Guide to Traditional Games
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Links to various game rules:
(Excerpted by permission from the Oware Society UK website) http://www.oware.org
Oware is one of the oldest existing board games in the world. It belongs to the pit and pebbles classification of games, which has been around for over 5000 years and has definitely stood the test of time.
Dating back thousands of years BC. Both stone and wood carvings of Oware boards have been found in the roofing slabs of the Temple of Kurna at Thebes, in the summit of the great pylon at the entrance to the Temple of Karnak in Luxor both in Egypt. Similar discoveries have been made in Zimbabwe, Uganda and Sudan. In Ghana, it was found in the temple of Tarkora in Tanobuase in the Techiman district of the Ashanti Region.
Today it has been recognised as a very useful educational tool for children. It is mainly played in the rural areas of Africa, Caribbean and Asia. In Europe it is mainly played by those who have traveled to Africa and have learned how to play there or have been introduced to the game through the Oware Society UK and its various events. Or through friends and family who are Oware enthusiasts.
For more information contact:
212-283-4035
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