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Nov 10, 2025·How to play·01:35·380·Watch on YouTube

Rapid Rules: How To Play Dara, a traditional game from Nigeria and neighboring countries.

NewVenture Games

NewVenture Games

Watch “Rapid Rules: How To Play Dara, a traditional game from Nigeria and neighboring countries.,” a how-to-play guide for Dara on BoardGameVideo.

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Dara

Dara

2 players
60 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Dara, from BoardGameGeek:

A game from Nigeria that may be played by two players or teams. Traditionally the game was played on an area consisting of 5x6 spaces using sticks or stones for pieces. The game begins with the players taking alternating turns placing one of their twelves pieces in an empty space. Once all of the pieces have been placed, the players alternate moving one of their pieces into an adjacent empty space. Diagonal movement is not allowed. When a player moves a piece to cause three of their pieces to be in a row, that player may remove one opposing piece that is not part of a row of three such pieces. Players are not permitted to make a move which results in more than three of their pieces being in a row. A player wins the game when the opposing player is unable to make a a row of three pieces.

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Lívia Varga

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Abstract Strategy

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