Entering Men
To start, each player takes turns throwing the cowry shells. The player with the highest score starts first.
A player can only enter a man into the game if he has a “high” throw - 11, 25 or 30 points or higher.
The starting point each player is the flower motif on the column to the left of his home column.
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Famous quotes containing the words entering and/or men:
“Women are quite capable of entering into a friendship with a man, but to keep it going—that takes a little physical antipathy as well.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)