How to play Qawale

Learn the rules to the board game Qawale quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules.Show more

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RULES:
The object of the game is be the first player to get a four in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Layout the board and stack 2 tan colored pebbles in each corner. Give each player 8 pebbles of one color. Pick a player to go first, then turns alternate. On your turn, you must place one of your pebbles on an existing pebble on the board, you may not place your pebble on an empty space.

Now, pick up the entire stack of pebbles and place the bottom pebble on any orthogonally adjacent space, then again with the next bottom pebble, until your top pebble has been placed. You may not move diagonally. You may not backtrack to the space you just moved from, however, you are allowed to circle back around and place a pebble on a space you already were on that turn. Placed pebbles always go on top of the stack they are added to.

After you place a pebble and move, then your turn ends and the next player goes. Continue playing until 1 player has a 4 in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Then that player wins. A stack of 4 pebbles of the same color on top of each other does not count as a 4 in a row. If both players have a 4 in a row at the same time, or if both players run out of pebbles without a 4 in a row, then the game ends in a draw.