How To Play Mancala

Ingredients

• A mancala game board
• Two players
• 48 game pieces – or, "stones"

Steps

1. Set up - Place the mancala board lengthwise between two players and put four stones in each of the 12 small cups on the game board. (16 sec. )
2. The six smaller cups are playing cups. The larger cup at either end is the mancala. (23 sec. )
3. Pick up stones - Pick up the stones in any of your six playing cups. (29 sec. )
4. Position pieces - Drop your stones one by one into sequential playing cups, moving counterclockwise around the board. Include your mancala, but not your opponent’s mancala. (34 sec. )
5. Alternate moving stones - Take turns moving stones around the board. If your last stone falls into your mancala, you get another turn. (46 sec. )
6. Capture stones - If your last stone falls in an empty cup on your side, take all the pieces from the player’s cup directly opposite. (54 sec. )
7. Hoard all the stones you can on your side of the board. (60 sec. )
8. Pass out all of your stones - Whoever runs out of stones on their side of the board loses the game. The player with remaining stones puts them in their mancala. (65 sec. )
9. Count the stones - The player with the most stones in their mancala wins the game. (74 sec. )
10. Did you know? The word mancala means ‘’to move’’ in Arabic. (78 sec. )