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Mancala is played with seven pits per player, six playing pits plus one score pit, called the Kalaha. This is a very old game but has not lost it's charm as a good math teacher as well as challenging enough that adults still like to play the game.

GAME RULES:

To Start Game:

Required pieces to play:

2 players at a time can play Mancala, the more marbles you start out with, the more challenging the game.

At the beginning of the game, each of the (12) middle playing pits contains 3 or more marbles, (each hole starts with the same amount). To play, the player chooses one pit and removes all the marbles from that pit and distributes one marble in each pit to his right in a counter clockwise direction. If there are enough marbles to land or go past the players home or (Kalaha) pit, they put one in there and continue on around until there are no more to distribute. If the last marble distributed lands in the players Kalaha, then they get to go again. Marbles placed in a Kalaha are points for that player. Marbles are not put in the opponent's Kalaha. If the last marble is placed in an empty pit on their own side of the board, (after passing the opponent's Kalaha) then they capture the marbles in the opposite (their opponent's) pit. All captured marbles, as well as the capturing piece, are placed in the player's Kalaha. The game ends when all of the pits on one side of the board are empty. The player with marbles remaining gets to put them into their own Kalaha. The winner is the player with the most marbles.

The Mancala game comes with 60 marbles and instructions.

This lightweight board is stack-able, and very durable, making it ideal for schools and other facilities where multiple games may be desired. These games can be washed!

This board measures approximately 19&1/4 inches long by 5&3/4 inches wide by 3/4 inches thick. Player holes are designed to hold marbles or other playing pieces a little more positively than most wood boards, making it less of a hazard to drop pieces on the floor because of spillage.

The Mancala game board design and construction shown is
© 2003 Danial K. Miller

You can learn more about this game at http://www.elvingames.com/mancala.html

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