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'''Bao''',<br/>
 
'''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.  
 
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.  
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=Bao 0.1=
 
Bao 0.1 is a Bao playing program by [[Jeroen Donkers]] running under [[Windows]] <ref>[http://www.fdg.unimaas.nl/educ/donkers/games/Bao/ Bao page] by [[Jeroen Donkers]]</ref> :
 
  
 
=See also=  
 
=See also=  
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* Philip Townshend ('''1982'''). ''[http://www.ascleiden.nl/GetPage.aspx?datastore=5&url=/publications/bibliographies/kenyacoast/ref868 Bao (mankala): the Swahili ethic in African idiom]''. [http://www2.umaine.edu/npf/cat45.html Paideuma] 28
 
* Philip Townshend ('''1982'''). ''[http://www.ascleiden.nl/GetPage.aspx?datastore=5&url=/publications/bibliographies/kenyacoast/ref868 Bao (mankala): the Swahili ethic in African idiom]''. [http://www2.umaine.edu/npf/cat45.html Paideuma] 28
 
* [[Alex de Voogt]] ('''1995'''). ''Limits of the Mind: Towards a Characterisation of Bao Mastership''. Ph.D. Thesis, CNWS Publications
 
* [[Alex de Voogt]] ('''1995'''). ''Limits of the Mind: Towards a Characterisation of Bao Mastership''. Ph.D. Thesis, CNWS Publications
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* [[Alex de Voogt]] ('''1998'''). ''[https://www.academia.edu/31179662/Seeded_Players Seeded Players]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_(magazine) Natural History Magazine], 2/98
 
==2000 ...==
 
==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
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* [[Alex de Voogt]] ('''2002'''). ''[https://www.academia.edu/13840134/Reproducing_board_game_positions_Western_Chess_and_African_Bao Reproducing board game positions: Western Chess and African Bao]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Journal_of_Psychology 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. [[Jean Retschitzki]] and [[Rosita Haddad-Zubel]]), Editions Universitaires, Fribourg, Switzerland, pp. 133–146.
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* [[Jeroen Donkers]], [[Jos Uiterwijk]], [[Alex de Voogt]] ('''2002'''). ''[https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/mancala-games-topics-in-artificial-intelligence-and-mathematics Mancala Games - Topics in Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics]''. In [[Jean Retschitzki]], [[Rosita Haddad-Zubel]] (eds.) ('''2002'''). ''Step by Step''. Proceedings of the 4th Colloquium ''Board Games in Academia''. Edition [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Fribourg Universitaires Fribourg 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]], [[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]
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* [[Jeroen Donkers]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Jos Uiterwijk]] ('''2003'''). ''Opponent Models in Bao: Conditions of a Successfull Application''. [[Advances in Computer Games 10]]
 
* [[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]
 
* [[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'''). ''Probabilistic Opponent-Model Search in Bao''. (M. Rauterberg, ed.) Proceedings International Conference on Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2004. LNCS 3166, Springer, Berlin. pp. 409-419. [http://www.fdg.unimaas.nl/educ/donkers/pubs/..%5Cpdf%5Cicec2004.pdf pdf]
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* [[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]''. [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b99837 Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2004], LNCS 3166, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
==2005 ...==
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* [[Tom Kronenburg]], [[Jeroen Donkers]], [[Alex de Voogt]] ('''2006'''). ''Never-Ending Moves in Bao''. [[ICGA Journal#29_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2]]
* [[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]
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* [[Alex de Voogt]], Lisa Rougetet, [https://github.com/NathanEpstein Nathan Epstein] ('''2018'''). ''[https://www.nctm.org/Publications/Mathematics-Teacher/2018/Vol112/Issue1/Using-Mancala-in-the-Mathematics-Classroom/ Using Mancala in the Mathematics Classroom]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_of_Teachers_of_Mathematics#Journals The Mathematics Teacher], Vol. 112, No. 1
  
 
=External Links=  
 
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* [http://www.wikimanqala.org/wiki/Bao Bao] from [http://www.wikimanqala.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimanqala]
 
* [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://mancala.wikia.com/wiki/Bao_la_Kiswahili Bao la kiswahili] from [http://mancala.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Mancala World]
* [http://www.fdg.unimaas.nl/educ/donkers/games/Bao/ Bao page] by [[Jeroen Donkers]]
 
: [http://www.fdg.unimaas.nl/educ/donkers/games/Bao/rules.html Zanzibar Bao Rules for the Computer]
 
* [http://manqala.org/%7Eviktor/bao.html The Rules of Bao]
 
 
* [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/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]
 
* [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]
* [http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~mackay/games/bao/ Bao as a research problem] by [http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/ David MacKay]
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* [[: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
* [[:Category:Simon Phillips|Simon Phillips]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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
 
 
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Bao,
a traditional mancala board game played in most of East Africa, most popular among the Swahili people of Tanzania, especially Zanzibar and Kenya. Bao is the swahili word for board or board game. [2] . Bao is a two-player 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.

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