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The game first went on sale in 1904 by the American games company Parker Brothers. [1] The inspirations were the Chicago Board of Trade (known as the Pit) and the US Corn Exchange. The game itself was likely based on the very successful game Gavitt's Stock Exchange, invented in 1903 by Harry E. Gavitt of Topeka, Kansas.
Oware is an abstract strategy game among the mancala family of board games (pit and pebble games) played worldwide with slight variations as to the layout of the game, number of players and strategy of play. [1] Its origin is uncertain [2] but it is widely believed to be of Ashanti origin. [3]
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The faults, he says, are mainly caused by the game publishers' and guide publishers' haste to get their products on to the market; [5] "[previously] strategy guides were published after a game was released so that they could be accurate, even to the point of including information changes from late game 'patch' releases.
The game was remastered and released again in 1964 by the name Pit: The World’s Liveliest Trading Game. In 2004, a 100th anniversary edition of Pit was released with two decks of commodities cards – one featuring the original seven commodities and another featuring modern commodities like gold, oil, cocoa, and platinum. [22]
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Literally Immersive Gamebooks, written by James A. Hirons (5 books) Lone Wolf, mostly written by Joe Dever (33 books planned, 31 published so far) Make Your Own Adventure With Doctor Who (6 books, Sixth Doctor) [1] Marvel Superheroes, written by various authors (8 books) Narnia Solo Games, written by various authors (7 books advertised, 5 ...