Dara is played on a 5x6 board with two players.
 
Beginning with Black, each players drops 12 Stones, one per turn, upon empty points of the playing field.
 
After all Stones have been dropped onto the playing field, each player then moves a Stone one point in any orthogonal direction.
 
If a player is able to form an orthogonal line of exactly three Stones, an enemy Stone is removed from the board.
 
The game is won when the opponent no longer has the ability to form a line of three Stones.
 
 
Dara is a 19th century game played by the Dakarkari people of Nigeria.