Oh my!! We used to play bao in family at home from 5 years old like 20 or so years a go and completely stopped because of family moving around the country back then, I completely forgot almost everything now. I was smiling all the way watching this video because you brought so many memories of my childhood back especially those terms like Nyumba, Kichwa, Kung'amua, Kulala (or Kudozi 🤣) and so for forth. I searched for these videos about this game today on YT didn't even think I will find any. This video is the best I've seen and surprisingly not from a local person. These Tanzanian cultures and many others are completely being forgotten as we go on. It's sad really.
Lovely video presentation. You have a very nice Bao Board. Congratulations from Bao Electronic Board Game that brings the African Bao to digital world.
Thanks for this video. I used to play nap but it has been at least 15 years and I don’t remember all the rules. It would be awesome if you could video an actual game and talk through it so I could see everything in action. But even if you don’t I am very grateful for your time and effort in making this video. Very well explained.
I'm happy that you like it! You might be interested in registering at boardgamearena.com/ (basic membership is free), there I have implemented this game, so you could play it, and I added a video tutorial where you see the game in action.
Hi sir, I have a question about "Blocking" in your video. If the opponent's pit is blocked, opponent can't direct take the seeds out from the specific pit to sow (move without capture). How about indirect sow to the specific blocked pit from other pits? If other pit's seeds sow and the last seed land to the blocked pit, is a move without capture, so it has to stop immediately and not going to sow again or can't perform this move. But from your video, there are two seeds at the right side of the blocked pit, so can opponent do a move with capture and land to the blocked pit to capture opposite seeds to solve the blocking? Am I right? I'm confused 😭 please help me in this blocking question.
Thank you very much for this detailed video I wrote and studied it, I want to learn this game. I don't understand something, could you answer me? There is this part: 1st phase: change to phase 2 10:52 So I have the last seed left in my storage area. I didn't understand this chapter, could you explain it again if I ask. Or can I follow the rule here if I want to place my last seed on the board in a full hole? How do I continue here? Thank you :)
The last seed gets played exactly like all before. But in your next turn, phase 2 of the game starts and you start your move from a filled pit. Also some other rules change as explained.
Hi, thanks for the video. You say around 10:34 that if the nyumba is destroyed, then when you make a move without capture you need to start with a pit with two seeds. However at 10:52 you place the last seed in a pit with only one seed despite the nyumba being destroyed. What am I missing here?
This ist already a new chapter explaining the transition to next phase, so it hast nothing to do with the previous explanation about the destroyed nyumba. I only showed a simple Board Situation for simplicity. But you are right, normally with that nyumba I should have chosen a different pit.
Thanks a lot for your explanation. We had the chance to learn Bawo in Malawi some time ago but over the years forgot most of the rules. One question to the Nyumba: is it possible to reactivate its function if it is already destroyed (i.e. by slowly filling it up with 6 seeds again)?
Sorry for late reply. No, that is not possible, once it is destroyed, it stays destroyed. Only if it is temporarily inactive by taxing, it may regain its functionality.
Danke für das Video Alex. Ich hoffe Du sprichst Deutsch 😅… sag mal hast Du einen Tipp, wo man dieses Board in Deutschland kaufen kann? Ich habe das “Standard” Hus Board, hätte aber gern das mit der quadratischen Nyumba. Viele Grüße, Carsten
Hi Carsten, das ist tatsächlich schwierig, ich habe auch keins gefunden und mir deshalb von meinem Nachbarn 2 Quadrate in ein Standard Hus-Board fräsen lassen. Vielleicht hast du einen Schreiner in der Nähe, der das machen kann, sollte für jemand mit der richtigen Ausrüstung nicht aufwendig sein.
I learned this game in Comoros and the only rule my buddies and I still don't understand is blocking. I don't think the Comorian guys who played used that rule
Yes, Kutakatia situation is very rare. But it should protect a possible capture from just getting put away from the opponent. So if a player, after a move without capture, ends his move in a situation where exactly one harvest would be possible the next time, then his opponent is not allowed to move away those seeds with a move without capture. Thus, the opponent's pit is blocked.
The rules to this game seem convoluted and confusing just for the sake of seeming strategic and clever. At this point I'm not sure there is an actual reason for the rules being this complicated other than to just confuse.
Yes, they are complicated, I had a hard time getting them straight and implementing all cases on BGA. But I wouldn't imply intent as this is an old traditional game which evolved over a very long time. No one designed the rules, they were created over time and the current state is how they play it in Tanzania.
Oh my!! We used to play bao in family at home from 5 years old like 20 or so years a go and completely stopped because of family moving around the country back then, I completely forgot almost everything now. I was smiling all the way watching this video because you brought so many memories of my childhood back especially those terms like Nyumba, Kichwa, Kung'amua, Kulala (or Kudozi 🤣) and so for forth.
I searched for these videos about this game today on YT didn't even think I will find any. This video is the best I've seen and surprisingly not from a local person. These Tanzanian cultures and many others are completely being forgotten as we go on. It's sad really.
Lovely video presentation. You have a very nice Bao Board. Congratulations from Bao Electronic Board Game that brings the African Bao to digital world.
Good video, thank you. I will have to watch it again at home with a notepad :-)
Thanks for this video. I used to play nap but it has been at least 15 years and I don’t remember all the rules. It would be awesome if you could video an actual game and talk through it so I could see everything in action. But even if you don’t I am very grateful for your time and effort in making this video. Very well explained.
I'm happy that you like it! You might be interested in registering at boardgamearena.com/ (basic membership is free), there I have implemented this game, so you could play it, and I added a video tutorial where you see the game in action.
Hi Alex, is the “Blocking” you are referring to at 14:14 an example of the Takasia rule?
Hi sir, I have a question about "Blocking" in your video. If the opponent's pit is blocked, opponent can't direct take the seeds out from the specific pit to sow (move without capture).
How about indirect sow to the specific blocked pit from other pits? If other pit's seeds sow and the last seed land to the blocked pit, is a move without capture, so it has to stop immediately and not going to sow again or can't perform this move.
But from your video, there are two seeds at the right side of the blocked pit, so can opponent do a move with capture and land to the blocked pit to capture opposite seeds to solve the blocking? Am I right? I'm confused 😭 please help me in this blocking question.
Thank you very much for this detailed video I wrote and studied it, I want to learn this game. I don't understand something, could you answer me?
There is this part: 1st phase: change to phase 2 10:52
So I have the last seed left in my storage area. I didn't understand this chapter, could you explain it again if I ask.
Or can I follow the rule here if I want to place my last seed on the board in a full hole?
How do I continue here?
Thank you :)
The last seed gets played exactly like all before. But in your next turn, phase 2 of the game starts and you start your move from a filled pit. Also some other rules change as explained.
Hi, thanks for the video. You say around 10:34 that if the nyumba is destroyed, then when you make a move without capture you need to start with a pit with two seeds. However at 10:52 you place the last seed in a pit with only one seed despite the nyumba being destroyed. What am I missing here?
This ist already a new chapter explaining the transition to next phase, so it hast nothing to do with the previous explanation about the destroyed nyumba. I only showed a simple Board Situation for simplicity. But you are right, normally with that nyumba I should have chosen a different pit.
Hi, do you sell the board?I can't find a beautiful like your set
Hi, sorry no, I bought this one on Amazon as a standard board and my neighbour made the square pits for me to convert it in a Kiswahili board.
@alexanderruhl3935 Oh I see. Thank you for reply.
Thanks a lot for your explanation. We had the chance to learn Bawo in Malawi some time ago but over the years forgot most of the rules. One question to the Nyumba: is it possible to reactivate its function if it is already destroyed (i.e. by slowly filling it up with 6 seeds again)?
Sorry for late reply. No, that is not possible, once it is destroyed, it stays destroyed. Only if it is temporarily inactive by taxing, it may regain its functionality.
Danke für das Video Alex. Ich hoffe Du sprichst Deutsch 😅… sag mal hast Du einen Tipp, wo man dieses Board in Deutschland kaufen kann? Ich habe das “Standard” Hus Board, hätte aber gern das mit der quadratischen Nyumba. Viele Grüße, Carsten
Hi Carsten, das ist tatsächlich schwierig, ich habe auch keins gefunden und mir deshalb von meinem Nachbarn 2 Quadrate in ein Standard Hus-Board fräsen lassen. Vielleicht hast du einen Schreiner in der Nähe, der das machen kann, sollte für jemand mit der richtigen Ausrüstung nicht aufwendig sein.
@@alexanderruhl3935danke für die schnelle Antwort und den Hinweis!
I learned this game in Comoros and the only rule my buddies and I still don't understand is blocking. I don't think the Comorian guys who played used that rule
Yes, Kutakatia situation is very rare. But it should protect a possible capture from just getting put away from the opponent. So if a player, after a move without capture, ends his move in a situation where exactly one harvest would be possible the next time, then his opponent is not allowed to move away those seeds with a move without capture. Thus, the opponent's pit is blocked.
The rules to this game seem convoluted and confusing just for the sake of seeming strategic and clever. At this point I'm not sure there is an actual reason for the rules being this complicated other than to just confuse.
Yes, they are complicated, I had a hard time getting them straight and implementing all cases on BGA.
But I wouldn't imply intent as this is an old traditional game which evolved over a very long time. No one designed the rules, they were created over time and the current state is how they play it in Tanzania.
As regras parecem complexas, mas depois que você começa a jogar percebe que na verdade elas são bem simples.
This game is similar to mancala.
@@Bobo-ox7fj being an a$$hole is not the same thing as being clever