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Basic Mancala Game Rules

Mancala is a generic name for a family of two-player turn-based strategy board games played with small stones, beans, or seeds and rows of holes or pits in the earth, a board or other playing surface. The objective is usually to capture all or some set of the opponent's pieces.<br>According to some historians, Mancala may have originated with the dawn of civilization. There is limited evidence that the game was played 5,000 years ago in ancient Sumeria (modern day Iraq). While the people of Sumeria had the mathematical knowledge to create such a game, however, it's more likely that the game is slightly more recent.<br>For more details visit: https://www.mancalagames.net<br>

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Basic Mancala Game Rules

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  1. Basic Mancala Rules of Play Powered By: www.mancalagames.net

  2. Basic Mancala Rules of Play ❖ The first player chooses any one of their six small pits/houses to begin, and picks up all four seeds inside of it. ❖ Keep in mind that it's customary for players to use only one hand when both picking up and dropping the seeds. (This is just one reason why Mancala is a popular tool for fine motor skill development in children.) ❖ Moving in a counter-clockwise direction, the player then drops one seed in each of the small houses/pits as they move around the board. If they cross the large storage house (the rectangles at both ends of the board) in the process, they can drop one seed in it.

  3. Basic Mancala Rules of Play ❖ Do not deposit any seeds into the opponent's storage house, only into your own. ❖ In a common variation, if your last seed drops into your storage house you, get to go again. Also, if your last piece lands in an empty house/pit on your side, you get to "cross capture" all of the pieces in their opponent's small pit/house directly across from yours. ❖ You do not get another turn if your last seed lands into any empty small pits/houses.

  4. Basic Mancala Rules of Play Once all six small pits/houses are completely empty on one player's side, the game ❖ is over. The other player gets to capture any pieces left on their side of the board. Then, the two players count up the number of seeds in their storage house. ❖ Whoever has the highest number is the winner. ❖ Now, let's talk more about even more different ways to play Mancala. ❖

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