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'''Bao''',<br/>
a traditional [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mancala mancala board game] played in most of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Africa East Africa], most popular among the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_people Swahili people] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania Tanzania], especially [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar Zanzibar] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya Kenya]. Bao is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language swahili] word for ''board'' or ''board game''. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bao_%28mancala_game%29 Bao (mancala game) from Wikipedia]</ref> . Bao is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-player_game two-player] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_strategy_game abstract strategy game], and considered as one of the most complex mancala games. The Bao board has four rows of eight pits, each player owns two adjacent rows.
=See also=
==2000 ...==
* [[Alex de Voogt]] ('''2002'''). ''[http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2003-03501-005 Reproducing board game positions: Western Chess and African Bao]''. [http://www.verlag-hanshuber.com/zeitschriften/journal.php?abbrev=sjp&show=editorial Swiss Journal of Psychology], Vol. 61, No. 4
* [[Jeroen Donkers]], [[Jos Uiterwijk]], [[Alex de Voogt]] ('''2002'''). ''Mancala Games - Topics in Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics. Step by Step.'' Proceedings of the 4th Colloquium ‘Board Games in Academia’ (eds. In [[Jean Retschitzki]] and , [[Rosita Haddad-Zubel]](eds.) ('''2002'''), Editions . ''Step by step''. Proceedings of the 4th colloquium Board games in academia. Edition [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Fribourg Universitaires, Fribourg, Switzerland, pp. 133–146.Suisse]
* [[Jeroen Donkers]], [[Jos Uiterwijk]] ('''2002'''). ''Programming Bao''. [[7th Computer Olympiad#Workshop|7th Computer Olympiad Workshop]], [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.106.6870&rep=rep1&type=pdf pdf]
* [[Jeroen Donkers]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Jos Uiterwijk]] ('''2003'''). ''Opponent Models in Bao: Conditions of a Successfull Application'', . [[Advances in Computer Games 10]], [http://www.fdg.unimaas.nl/educ/donkers/pubs/..%5Cpdf%5Cacg10.pdf pdf]
* [[Alex de Voogt]] ('''2003'''). ''[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=163871&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0041977X03000053 Muyaka's poetry in the history of Bao]''. [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=BSO&volumeId=66&issueId=01&seriesId=0 Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 66, No. 1]
* [[Jeroen Donkers]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Jos Uiterwijk]] , ('''2004'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-28643-1_53 Probabilistic Opponent-Model Search in Bao]''. (M[https://link.springer. Rauterberg, edcom/book/10.) Proceedings International Conference on 1007/b99837 Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2004. ], LNCS 3166, Springer, Berlin. pp. 409-419. [httphhttps://wwwen.fdgwikipedia.unimaas.nl/educ/donkersorg/pubswiki/..Springer_Science%5Cpdf%5Cicec2004.pdf pdf2BBusiness_Media Springer]
==2005 ...==
* [[Tom Kronenburg]], [[Jeroen Donkers]], [[Alex de Voogt]] ('''2006'''). ''Never-Ending Moves in Bao''. [[ICGA Journal#29_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2]], [http://www.fdg.unimaas.nl/educ/donkers/pubs/..%5Cpdf%5Cbaonote.pdf pdf]
=External Links=
* [http://www.wikimanqala.org/wiki/Bao Bao] from [http://www.wikimanqala.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimanqala]
* [http://mancala.wikia.com/wiki/Bao_la_Kiswahili Bao la kiswahili] from [http://mancala.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Mancala World]
* [http://www.gamecabinet.com/rules/Bao.html Bao (Zanzibar) rules] by Rob Nierse, [http://www.gamecabinet.com/ The Game Cabinet]
* [http://www.gamecabinet.com/rules/Bao2.html Bao (Malawi) rules] related to Pete Duckworth by Mark Chikoko, transcribed by Adrian Brooks, [http://www.gamecabinet.com/ The Game Cabinet]
* [[:Category:Simon Phillips|Simon Phillips]], [[:Category:Philippe Saisse|Philippe Saisse]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pino_Palladino Pino Palladino] - Mancala, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoetermeer Zoetermeer], November 15, 2009, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLKoGuNNdwE|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
