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Mancala (spring 2001)

The wari is an ancient african game that is usually played with stones, leaves or seeds. With Marilyn Rancourd-Emond and Annie Bélanger we redesigned it for the North-American children's market. The duality of the players as well as the reference to MC ESCHER was very strong and the material made it kid friendly. The winner of the game is not known until the end when the lizards are emptied of the leaves that they have injested during the game.

Wari
 

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