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- Kalah is played by two players (North and South). Each has six piles of stones
- and a 'piggy-bank'. South's piggy-bank is at the right side of the two rows of
- piles and North's piggy-bank is at the left side. The piles are numbered from
- 1 to 6 towards the piggy-banks (i.e. from right to left for North, and from
- left right for South).
- Each turn consist of choosing one of your (non-empty) piles and distributing
- all the stones in that pile over the following piles (counter-clock-wise, in-
- cluding your own piggy-bank and the opponent's piles, but excluding the
- opponent's piggy-bank).
- If you end up in one of your own empty piles and the opposite pile is not empty,
- the last stone distributed and the opponent's stones in the opposite pile are
- removed and put in your piggy-bank.
- If you end up in your own piggy-bank, you have another turn (indicated by the
- fact that your opponent has only one possible move, being 'SKIP' (which will be
- done automatically).
- When all piles of a player are empty, the contents of his opponent's piles are
- put in the opponent's piggy-bank and the game is over. Who ever has the most
- stones in his piggy-bank is the winner.
- Note that you are a winner if you have more than 36 stones in your piggy-bank,
- as there are 72 stones (6 in every pile).
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