ACHI

1. Achi is played on a 3-by-3 grid. Lines indicate permitted moves.

2. Each player selects 4 BEADs the colour of their choice. All BEADs start off the board.

3. Players decide who begins the game.

HOW TO PLAY

1. Players take turns to place a BEAD on the board.

2. Players try to make a row of 3 BEADs. The row can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal.

3. Once all the BEADs are on the board a player can move their BEAD 1 space horizontally, vertically or diagonally onto an empty play space.

HOW TO WIN

To win the game, a player must make a line of 3 BEADs.

HISTORY

Some of the oldest games, being over 3,500 years old, belong to a type of game called games of alignment. Tic-tac-toe is one of the most popular of these games in the United States, but in the African country Ghana children play Achi. They usually mark the game board on the ground and use little sticks as playing pieces. One player will have 4 little sticks with the bark on, and the other player will have four sticks with the bark off.