Mancala
PLAYERS
2
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
- A mancala board: two rows of 6 pits plus 2 store pits
- 48 seeds, stones, or beads
MEASUREMENTS
Board roughly 60cm long, pits about 5cm across. Not standardized for casual play.
HOW TO PLAY
1
Set up 4 seeds in each of the 12 small pits; the two end stores start empty.
2
On your turn, sow all seeds from one of your pits counter-clockwise, one per pit, including your own store but skipping your opponent's.
3
If your last seed lands in your own store, take another turn.
4
If your last seed lands in an empty pit on your side, capture it plus all seeds in the opposite pit.
5
Play continues until one side's pits are empty.
6
Whoever has more seeds in their store when the game ends wins.