Choko (game)
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Choko is a two-player abstract strategy board game
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...

 from Gambia Valley, West Africa
West Africa
West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries and an area of approximately 5 million square km:-Flags of West Africa:...

. It is played specifically by the Mandinka
Mandinka people
The Mandinka, Malinke are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa with an estimated population of eleven million ....

 and Fula
Fula people
Fula people or Fulani or Fulbe are an ethnic group spread over many countries, predominantly in West Africa, but found also in Central Africa and Sudanese North Africa...

 tribes. It is related to Yote
Yoté
Yoté is an abstract strategy game from West Africa, where it is a popular gambling game due to its fast pace. A player wins by capturing all opposing pieces.-Rules:thumb|150px|left|A wooden yoté board with glass pieces...

.

Equipment

5 x 5 holes set in the ground or board. Each player has 12 pieces. One plays the white pieces, and the other plays the black pieces, however, any two colors or distinguishable objects will suffice.

Rules and Game Play

1. The board is empty in the beginning. Players decide what colors to play, and who starts first. Players alternate their turns.

2. Players first drop their pieces. They drop one piece per turn.

3. The first player drops their first piece anywhere on the board. The first player has the drop initiative. It is not necessary to drop on every turn, but as long as the first player continues to drop, then so does the second player.

If the first player decides to make a move (non-capturing move or capturing move), then the second player has the option to drop or move. If the second player decides to drop, then he or she has the drop initiative until he or she decides to move. This means that the first player must continue to drop as long as the second player continues to drop.

However, if the second player had made a move instead, then the first player has the option to drop or move, and has the drop initiative.

4. In a non-capturing move, pieces can move orthogonally one space per turn. Only one piece can be moved per turn.

5. In a capturing move, pieces capture similarly as in Draughts
Draughts
Draughts is a group of abstract strategy board games between two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over the enemy's pieces. Draughts developed from alquerque...

by the short leap, except they must capture orthogonally (not diagonally). The player's piece must be adjacent to the enemy piece, and leap over it onto a vacant space on the other side. Only one leap is allowed, and therefore only one capture by this method is allowed. The player, however, is to take another enemy piece from anywhere on the board. Therefore, in a capturing move, two enemy pieces are taken each time.

6. After all pieces have been dropped, the second player moves first.
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