Buku

Buku is a two-dimensional sowing game on a checkerboard where the colour corresponds to the pits of each player. The first player selects a row to collect, then pieces are sown from any square towards any orthogonal direction but never passing the same square twice. The second player does the same, but collects from columns. After sowing, any square with 3 or 4 pieces on their colour are captured. The game ends when one player gets more than half the total number of possible points, or all pieces are singletons (each player claims one point for every piece in their pit), or when the board position is repeated (other player claims the rest of the pieces). The first player gets an additional piece on the first sow.

Inventor: Jorge Gomez Arrausi

See Mancala World: Buku.

• Current engine version: 20240811 (2024-08-11). On Abstract Play since 2024-08-26.

• The sidebar shows score versus remaining on-board pieces of your colour.

• https://mancala.fandom.com/wiki/Buku
• https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/432205/buku