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Crafts from Madagascar In Madagascar, people play a board game called Famorona. You
can make your own board and play it.
Famorona
Materials needed:
Cardboard (poster board, inside of cereal boxes, shirt
cardboard, etc.)
Black markers
Colored markers or paints
Rulers
Beans, rocks, or small buttons in two colors or kinds for game pieces
Snack size plastic bags
Give each crafter a piece of cardboard approximately
8" by 10". Using a ruler, draw a 6" square in the middle of the cardboard
with black marker. Follow the pattern shown below to draw the lines inside the square. (Do
not draw the small circles.) Use a ruler for all lines, to keep them straight.
Make a colorful border around the game board with markers
or paints. You may color inside the board also.
Distribute game pieces. Each game needs 10 pieces, 5 of
one color and 5 of another. The game pieces should be placed as shown by the small circles
on the diagram, with one color on one side of the board and the other color on the other
side.
The object of the game is to capture all your opponent's
pieces. Pieces are captured by landing on them. Pieces may be moved from one
"intersection" of lines to another. Pieces may be moved forward, backward,
diagonally, in any direction. No jumping or moving past a point of intersection. When a
player has captured all of the other's pieces, the game is over. Happy playing!
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