Oh-Wah-Ree 1966 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing

	Oh-Wah-Ree	1966	Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.
	First produced	1962	Players	2 to 4	Age(s)	8+

Click the picture for more				The 12 page instruction booklet includes history and background to the game, plus variations on the basic game such as - Standard Oh-Wah-Ree and illustrated sample game - Coastal Oh-Wah-Ree and sample game - Dog-Gone Oh-Wah-Ree and partial sample game - Oriental Oh-Wah-Ree and partial sample game - Pendulum Oh-Wah-Ree and partial sample game - Arabian Oh-Wah-Ree and partial sample game - Grand Oh-Wah-Ree Pit-and-pebble games have been played for over 3,500 years and probably originated in Egypt or Arabia. Carvings of two facing ranks of six shallow pits similar to those used in mancala games today may be found in the Temples of Luxor, Karnak and Kurna in Egypt. Early tomb paintings in the Valley of the Nile illustrate these games. On the rock ledges along the ancient caravan routes, carvings of facing ranks of pits may be found. In India, Maharajahs played with rubies and star sapphires in place of pebbles. In Egypt the game was often played in coffee houses where the loser had to pay the bill. Forms of the game were played by African Chieftans who played for stakes of female slaves. In the West Indies the game was played in houses of mourning to amuse the spirit whose body was awaiting burial. This is a 3M bookcase game, so called because it neatly folds away into its matching case which fits easily on any bookshelf. In the early 1960s, the Minnesota Mining Company produced another bookcase strategy game called Twixt.
1 x contoured fold away playing board 12 x coloured marble markers, 4 sets of 3 101 x pebbles 1 x illustrated instruction booklet

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more

The 12 page instruction booklet includes history and background to the game, plus variations on the basic game such as
- Standard Oh-Wah-Ree and illustrated sample game
- Coastal Oh-Wah-Ree and sample game
- Dog-Gone Oh-Wah-Ree and partial sample game
- Oriental Oh-Wah-Ree and partial sample game
- Pendulum Oh-Wah-Ree and partial sample game
- Arabian Oh-Wah-Ree and partial sample game
- Grand Oh-Wah-Ree

Pit-and-pebble games have been played for over 3,500 years and probably originated in Egypt or Arabia. Carvings of two facing ranks of six shallow pits similar to those used in mancala games today may be found in the Temples of Luxor, Karnak and Kurna in Egypt. Early tomb paintings in the Valley of the Nile illustrate these games. On the rock ledges along the ancient caravan routes, carvings of facing ranks of pits may be found. In India, Maharajahs played with rubies and star sapphires in place of pebbles. In Egypt the game was often played in coffee houses where the loser had to pay the bill. Forms of the game were played by African Chieftans who played for stakes of female slaves. In the West Indies the game was played in houses of mourning to amuse the spirit whose body was awaiting burial.
This is a 3M bookcase game, so called because it neatly folds away into its matching case which fits easily on any bookshelf. In the early 1960s, the Minnesota Mining Company produced another bookcase strategy game called Twixt.

1 x contoured fold away playing board

12 x coloured marble markers, 4 sets of 3

101 x pebbles

1 x illustrated instruction booklet


The world's newest oldest game. Oh-Wah-Ree is based on the format of pit-and-pebble games which anthropologists term the mancala games. Today, these games are played the world over in various forms. Though mancala games are generally played by only two players, Oh-Wah-Ree may be played by two, three or four players. Oh-Wah-Ree is a strategy game in which players set up capture moves to gain the most pebbles (or pits).

The world's newest oldest game. Oh-Wah-Ree is based on the format of pit-and-pebble games which anthropologists term the mancala games. Today, these games are played the world over in various forms. Though mancala games are generally played by only two players, Oh-Wah-Ree may be played by two, three or four players. Oh-Wah-Ree is a strategy game in which players set up capture moves to gain the most pebbles (or pits).