Mancala By Mike

Mancala, one of the oldest African traditional indoor games, is available for you. GAME SET-UP: The Mancala 'board' is made up of two rows of six holes or pits. The six small holes on your side of the gameboard belong to you. Each player places 4 stones (of every color) in each of his 6 small cups. Your scoring cup (a.k.a. your mancala) is to the right of your pits. MANCALA GAMEPLAY: Choose a player to start and he will pick up all the pieces in any one of the holes/pits on his side. In a counter-clockwise direction, deposit one stone into each hole (including your mancala), but not your opponent's mancala until he run out of stones. If you run into your own mancala, deposit one stone in it. If you run into your opponent's mancala, skip it. If the last stone you drop is in your own mancala, you get a free turn. Otherwise, the game continues with players alternating turns. CAPTURE: If you end on an empty pit in your row, the marbles in the opposite pit are captured. FREE TURNS: Place your LAST MARBLE in your store and get an extra turn! Endgame conditions and rules: As soon as all the small six holes on one side of the board have been emptied, the game ends. The player who still has stones on his side of the board when the game ends collects all of those stones into his mancala. The players now count their stones in their mancala and the player with the most stones wins the game.