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A traditional 2-player strategy game from South Africa
- The board is empty when the game begins. Each player has 12 pieces, known as "cows"; one player has light cows and the other has dark cows
- The player with the dark cows moves first
- Each turn consists of placing a cow on an empty intersection on the board
- The aim is to create a "mill": a row of three cows on any line drawn on the board
- If a player forms a mill, he or she may remove or "shoot" one of the opponent's cows. The shot cow is removed from the board and not placed again. A cow in a mill may not be shot unless all of the opponent's cows are in mills, in which case any cow may be shot
- Even if a move creates more than one mill, only one cow can be shot in a single move
- After all the cows have been placed, each turn consists of moving a cow to an empty adjacent intersection
- As before, completing a mill allows a player to shoot one of the opponent's cows. Again, this must be a cow which is not in a mill, unless all of the opponent's cows are in mills
- Players are allowed to "break" their own mills
- A mill may be broken and remade repeatedly by shuffling cows back and forth. Each time the mill is remade, one of the opponent's cows is shot. Of course, by breaking the mill the player exposes the cows which were in a mill to the risk of being shot by the opponent on his or her next turn
- A mill which is broken to form a new mill can not be formed again on the next move
- When a player has only three cows remaining, desperate measures are called for. This player's cows are allowed to "fly" to any empty intersection, not just adjacent ones
- If one player has three cows and the other player has more than three cows, only the player with three cows is allowed to fly
- A win occurs if one opponent has just two cows or if there are no moves
- If either player has only three cows and neither player shoots a cow within ten moves, the game is drawn
- If one person cheats, then the other one wins by default
- If one player picks up all cows while the play is still on, the player whose cows are on the board wins by default
- If a player plays twice before the other player, the player who did not play wins by default