Al-Munqala
A
PLAYERS
2
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
- A two-row board with small pits or cups (or two egg cartons)
- Small stones, beads, or seeds as counters
HOW TO PLAY
1
Fill each pit on both rows with an equal number of counters at the start.
2
On a turn, a player scoops up all the counters from one pit on their own row and drops them one by one into the following pits going counterclockwise.
3
If the last counter dropped lands in an empty pit on the player's own side, they capture the counters directly across in the opponent's row.
4
Captured counters are set aside in each player's personal store.
5
Play continues until one row is emptied of counters, and whoever has captured the most counters overall wins.