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Evidence for Tsoro Yemutwelve
1 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.2085
Type Ethnography
Location Zimbabwe
Date 1964-01-01 - 1964-12-31
Rules Three concentric squares, with lines connecting the diagonals and the midpoints of the sides. Twelve pieces per player. Players alternate turns placing one of their pieces on one of the empty intersections of the board. If a player places three of their stones in a straight line, the player may remove one of the opponent's pieces. When all of the pieces have been placed, the players alternate turns moving one of their pieces to an empty adjacent point along the lines of the board. When a player is reduced to three pieces, they may move one of their stone to any empty space on the board. The player who reduces their opponent to two pieces wins.
Content Description of Tsoro Yemutwelve as played in Zimbabwe in Matthews 1964: 67-68.
Confidence 100
Ages Child, Adolescent, Adult
Spaces Outside, Public
Genders Male
Source Matthews, J. 1964. "Notes on Some African Stone Games." NADA: The Southern Rhodesia Native Affairs Department Annual 9(1): 64-66.
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