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- Help with Mancala
-
- Mancala is one of the oldest two-player strategy games
- in the world. It has many variations, and this version
- known as Kalaha, is just one variation. Kalaha has
- been played for more than 7,000 years throughout Asia
- and Africa.
-
- The goal of the game is to capture as many "stones" or
- playing pieces as possible.
-
- The game begins with 4 stones or playing pieces in each
- pit. The human player makes the first move.
-
- The player picks up all the pieces in one of their pits
- and sows the pieces, one in each pit, around the board
- counter-clockwise, including into their own Kalaha. If
- there are enough pieces, the player continues sowing
- into the pits on the opponent's side of the board.
-
- If a player's last piece lands in their own Kalaha,
- then the player gets another turn.
-
- A player may capture the pieces in their opponent's
- pit if their last piece is sown in an empty pit on
- their side of the board. The player then gets to
- capture all of the pieces in the opposite pit (the
- opponent's) and store them in their own Kalaha along
- with the capturing piece.
-
- When all six pits on one side of the board are empty,
- the game is over. The player who still has playing
- pieces in their own pits gets to put them in their
- own Kalaha. The winner is the player with the most
- "stones" or pieces in their own Kalaha.
-
- For more help, write to:
-
- AGCrump
- P.O. Box 8216
- Inglewood, CA 90308
-
- or, E-mail at ao545@lafn.org