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Generally Accepted Rules for the game of Morabaraba

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The following rules are to be used in all   championships : General: The rules for the version, as depicted in the above image, are known as the Generally Accepted Rules (GAR). For competition play, the board may be made of any material as long as the board has the approved notation which is owned by the   International Wargames Federation . Board sizes are: For Provincial, National, and International Championships – 490mm x 490mm (Cows being 45mm in diameter and 5mm in depth), and All other competitions – 300mm x 300mm (Cows being 30mm in diameter and 10mm in depth). All cows shall have IWF''s logo on the cow. There are 24 junctions on the board. Each player is issued with a set of 12 cows. One set being of a dark colour, and one set being of a light colour. The colour white may not be used for cows as the colour may confuse players as to whether a cow has been placed. The outside ring is known as the “Exterior Ring” and the junctions are numbered clockwise from from the top l
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MORABARABA, UMLABALABA, MRABARABA

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The standard Morabaraba Board as approved by IWF. Morabaraba remains the most popular game in South Africa with an enormous 40% of the population playing the game on a recreational level. Wow! Do you realise that that is a staggering 16 million people in South Africa alone that play the game? In other words,  MORABARABA  is bigger than soccer. Now isn't that something of which to be proud? But why is  MORABARABA  part of the Mind Sports South Africa? Back in 1991 a concerned group of Morabaraba players, lead by Edward Ngubane, approached the Mind Sports South Africa in the hope of seeing the game promoted and accredited as a full sport. Mind Sports South Africa immediately rose to the challenge and despite the political situation of the time began to promote the game. There is no doubt that the game is ancient in terms of its origin, educational in purpose with a very strong mathematical base, but most of all FUN TO PLAY. To accredit the game the Mind Sports South Africa embarked o
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