How To Play Mancala
Published: Jul 22, 2009
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Math skills and strategic planning are essential to winning this ancient African game.
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African game, mancala, family games, board games, entertainment, game, fun, Games
Source: How To Play Mancala
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Ingredients
- A mancala game board
- Two players
- 48 game pieces – or, "stones"
Steps
- 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. )
- The six smaller cups are playing cups. The larger cup at either end is the mancala. (23 sec. )
- Pick up stones - Pick up the stones in any of your six playing cups. (29 sec. )
- 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. )
- Alternate moving stones - Take turns moving stones around the board. If your last stone falls into your mancala, you get another turn. (46 sec. )
- 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. )
- Hoard all the stones you can on your side of the board. (60 sec. )
- 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. )
- Count the stones - The player with the most stones in their mancala wins the game. (74 sec. )
- Did you know? The word mancala means ‘’to move’’ in Arabic. (78 sec. )
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