John Scarne's Teeko book

John Scarne's Teeko bookFamous game expert John Scarne considered Teeko to be his greatest legacy. Although a fun and challenging game, it never achieved the popularity hed hoped for. John Scarne's Teeko is played by 2 players who place move four pieces on a simple 5x5 grid. The goal is to create a pattern with those four pieces, either in a line or forming a square. Sounds simple, but the strategic choices are quite challenging. Made in the USA for 2 players age 8+.

In South Africa and Botswana we find the traditional game of Morabaraba ("Mo Raba Raba")

One of the earliest examples of move-and-capture games

What’s most unique about the game is the use of both custodial (surround a target piece) and intervention capture (move into a space between two enemy pieces)

The objective is to complete an array of 16 stones while hindering your opponents as they try to do the same

A fun game for the whole family

This travel version includes a poker deck

or to capture a number of your opponent's pieces

The name of the game comes from the unique scoring style in which your total score is added to your neighbor’s score

Several other versions followed

As is typical

Sound easy

A game will take between 15 and 30 minutes depending on player count