Yoté

How to play

A fierce hunting game from Senegal. Each turn you either drop a new piece from your hand onto an empty square or slide a piece one step. Jump straight over an enemy into the empty square beyond to capture it — and as a reward, snatch a second enemy piece from anywhere on the board.

Rules

  • Tap an empty square to drop a piece from your 12-piece hand, or tap one of your pieces to select it.
  • A selected piece can slide one step (green) to an empty square, or jump (red) straight over an adjacent AI piece into the empty square beyond.
  • Every jump captures the jumped piece, then immediately lets you tap any AI piece on the board to remove a second one.
  • Clear every one of the AI’s pieces — on the board and still in hand — to win.

Tips

Don’t rush every piece onto the board — a jump is worth two pieces (the one you leap plus a free removal), so it’s often worth holding pieces in hand and setting up a capture rather than trading one-for-one. Keep your pieces backed up so the AI can never find an empty square directly behind them to land on.