MU TORERE - BOARD GAME

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Mu torere is a two-player board game played mainly by Maori people from New Zealand's North Island. Each player has four counters. The game has a simple premise but expert players are able to see up to 40 moves ahead. Like many other M ori board games, it is played on a papa takoro (game board) and is tightly interwoven with stories and histories. Each player controls four counters, or perepere, which are initially placed on the board at the kewai. At the beginning of the game the putahi is empty. (Center Field) Players move one of their counters per turn to an empty point. Players can move only to an adjacent kewai, and can move to the putahi only when the moved counter is adjacent to an opponent's counter. The player who blocks all the opponent's counters from moving is the winner.