Oware

Newer version 0.6 has been released on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/OMerkel/Oware/releases/tag/release_0.6">https://github.com/OMerkel/Oware/releases/tag/release_0.6</a> ( FirefoxOS zip file to install via open WebIDE and an Android APK file ). <b>Version 0.6</b> (release date 2016-10-18) now brings a computer opponent to be selected via options menu. The computer AI player is a reasonable strong player. It is using a Monte-Carlo Tree Search (mcts) algorithm with UCT/UCB (Upper Confidence Bounds Applied to Trees). Both sides can be played by the computer AI player. <b>Oware</b> (in <em>Akan</em> language) - a traditional game from Ghana, Africa, is a Mancala (Manquala) game. <b>Ouril</b> (also known as <em>Uril, Ouri, Oril</em>) as played in the Republic of Cabo Verde has slightly different rules compared towards <em>Oware</em>. <em>Ouril</em> is popular in Portuguese influenced countries, too, due to former Portuguese colonialism adopting parts of African culture. Play an abstract perfect-information strategy board game of <b>Oware</b> or <b>Ouril</b> against a friend or a computer opponent. Exact rules and options available via application menu on upper left when started. <ul><li><b>hint:</b> <em>You can select the speed of sowing the Bonduc seeds. Default is to do a slow seeding so players can follow the distribution more easily.</em></li><li><b>rules selection:</b> <em>You can switch between <strong>Oware</strong> and <strong>Ouril</strong> rules. Default is to play <strong>Oware</strong>.</em></li></ul> <em>Start an online <b>Oware</b> or <b>Ouril</b> session on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://omerkel.github.io/Oware/html5/src/">http://omerkel.github.io/Oware/html5/src/</a>. Runs on a wide range of browsers, operating systems and device classes.</em>