How to Play Qawale - The towering take on 4 in a row.
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Read the Rules
The aim of the game
To win, you’ll need to place four of your coloured pebbles in a row, when viewed from above.
Setup
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Layout the board.
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Place two tan coloured pebbles in a stack on each of the four corners.
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Pick a colour to play and take the 8 pebbles of your colour.
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Choose a starting player.
Gameplay
In Qawale. players take it in turns to add one of their pebbles on top of any stack and then move it.
A stack is a space with one or more pebbles on.
When moving a stack, you must leave a pebble on each space you pass, starting with the adjacent place.
Each pebble must be placed orthogonally adjacent to the previous one.
You must place pebbles starting from the bottom of the stack and ending with the one you put on top.
- Diagonal placement is not allowed.
- You may only place one stone per space.
- You cannot backtrack to a space you’ve passed, unless you circle back around to it.
Game End
The First player to make a straight or diagonal line of four pebbles in their colour, when viewed from above, wins!
If both players use up all their stones, it’s a draw!
That’s Qawale - pretty pebbles placed in a row!
Enjoy!
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