Watch “Fanorona is the national game of Madagascar - this is the "Dimy" version (a kids game)!,” a how-to-play guide for Fanorona on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by NewVenture Games on YouTube:
This is a fascinating game with some very unique capturing methods.
The more popular 'Tsivy" version of the game is better known, and often described in books on strategy games. This "Dimy" version is generally played by kids and families.
The legends and stories behind the game and its ties to Madagascar's history are many and interesting.
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Mostly how-to-play and playthroughs. Fanorona is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, and 1 other video.
2 players
20 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About Fanorona, from BoardGameGeek:
Fanorona is a classical two-person strategic abstract game that comes from the island of Madagascar and is still popular there today. It is played on a rectangular board made up of two Alquerque boards with 22 plain black and white pieces. Capturing is compulsory and a series of captures may be made by the same piece on a turn, as in checkers. Unique aspects of the game include its method of capture (either approaching or withdrawing your piece from a line of enemy pieces), and the "vela partie" (debt game) after winning a decisive game (the winner must let the loser "eat" one man each turn for 17 consecutive moves). Because of the density of the board (only one open spot at the games beginning) and the unique method of capture, strategy is complex and enigmatic, with fewer pieces often beating more pieces. (While very different, the game feels somewhat like Zertz due to the above.)
Historical note from one game box: Some Fanorona matches were devoted to the Gods and last but not least the fate and colonialization of Madagascar (1895) supposed to be solved unbloody with Fanorona on the game table.
