Pas de Deux
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Pas de Deux
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| © 2004, Ralf Gering |
| Germany |
| Variant of oware |
| One cycle |
| Single lap |
| 8 holes per row |
| Two rows |
Pas de Deux (French for: "pair dance") is an oware variant invented on June 15, 2004 by Ralf Gering, in Bad Breisig, Germany. The game was completely reviewed in 2007, after it was shown that the first player had a very strong advantage.
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Rules
The game has the same rules as oware (abapa version) except for a few changes:
- Initially there are six seeds in each hole and the game is played on a slightly larger board (2x8) than oware.
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- A turn may either consist of one or two moves depending on the player's choice. A double-move is called "pas de deux'".
- The second move of a turn may not capture all opponent's seeds, if another move is possible.
- If a player has no seeds left, he must be fed in the last move of a turn.
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Notes
A good technique is to feed your opponent in the first part and then to capture these seeds in the second part.
Even the best state-of-the-art computers cannot solve Pas de Deux by brute force because the branching factor of its game tree is much too high. Humans should be able to outperform any computer programmes playing this game.
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References
- Gering, R.
- (2004) Spiced-up Oware / Pas de Deux, email to Mancala Games maling list (mancalagames@yahoogroups.com), 15 June.
- Gering, R.
- (2004) Pas de Deux -- Recent Improvements, email to Mancala Games maling list (mancalagames@yahoogroups.com), 25 July.
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