Yoté

Yoté

Infobox Game
title = Yoté
image_link =
image_caption = A game in progress. White has one available jump if it is not black's turn.
designer =
illustrator =
publisher =
players = 2
ages =
setup_time = 1 minute
playing_time = 10 minutes
random_chance = None
skills = Strategy
bggid = 9385

Yoté is an abstract strategy game from West Africa, where it is a popular gambling game due to its fast pace. A player wins by capturing all opposing pieces.

Rules

The game is played on a five by six board. When the game begins, the board is empty and each player has twelve pieces in hand. In a move, a player may either:
*Place a piece in an empty space on the board
*Move one of their pieces already on the board to an adjacent orthogonal space
*Capture an opposing piece by jumping orthogonally to the space beyond itAfter a capture, a player may remove another opposing piece of their choice.

The game can end in a draw if both players have three or fewer pieces.

Bibliography

*cite book |last=Grunfeld |first=Frederic V. |title=Games of the World |year=1975 |publisher=Holt, Rinehart and Winston |isbn=0-03-015261-5 |pages=p. 91

Further reading

*cite book |last=Prior |first=Jennifer |title=The Games of Africa |year=1994 |publisher=HarperCollins Children's Books |isbn=0-694-00597-5

External links

* [http://www.zillionsofgames.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/92187?do=show;id=960 Yoté] at Zillions of Games


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