GAMES

Board Games

Twenty games in English and French: Oware (Awalé), the West African seed game; draughts with international 10×10 rules (flying kings, longest capture) or English 8×8 checkers; Ludo for two to four players; chess with every rule – castling, en passant, promotion, stalemate and draws; Snakes & Ladders on three boards, easy to hard; dominoes – Draw, Block or All Fives – for two to four players; Spar, the trick-taking card game of Ghana and Nigeria; Last Card, an original colour-matching card game with action cards; Backgammon with the full rules; Go on 9×9, 13×13 or 19×19; Reversi; Nine Men’s Morris and Morabaraba; Fanorona from Madagascar; Bao, the East African four-row seed game; Four in a Row; the card games Hearts, Whist, Rummy and Pontoon (practice only, no money); and Five Dice. Play against the computer at three levels, from beginner to strong, or with a friend on the same device. Works offline, keeps an unfinished game for next time, and explains the rules.

Ready to try · Twenty games in English and French: Oware (Awalé), the West African seed game; draughts with international 10×10 rules (flying kings, longest capture) or English 8×8 checkers; Ludo for two to four players; chess with every rule – castling, en passant, promotion, stalemate and draws; Snakes & Ladders on three boards, easy to hard; dominoes – Draw, Block or All Fives – for two to four players; Spar, the trick-taking card game of Ghana and Nigeria; Last Card, an original colour-matching card game with action cards; Backgammon with the full rules; Go on 9×9, 13×13 or 19×19; Reversi; Nine Men’s Morris and Morabaraba; Fanorona from Madagascar; Bao, the East African four-row seed game; Four in a Row; the card games Hearts, Whist, Rummy and Pontoon (practice only, no money); and Five Dice. Play against the computer at three levels, from beginner to strong, or with a friend on the same device. Works offline, keeps an unfinished game for next time, and explains the rules.