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You need a total of 48 game pieces or stones. The six small cups and the Mancala on your side of the board belong to you, and the cups and Mancala on your opponents side of the board belong to her. Place the board between you and your opponent. There are six small cups in each row, and a larger cup, the Mancala, is located at either end. The player with the most seeds is the winner.The Mancala board consists of 2 rows. The remaining seeds on his or her side to their collecting hole. Have nothing but holes with one seed or rams. The players alternate turns "sowing seeds" until both players.His or her turn ends with the capture of the ram. This player later, by sowing his or her last seed in that hole. Seeds in a ram cannot be liftedĪnd sown, and the player's turn ends. If the last seed is sown in an opponent's hole with three.The captured seeds are placed in the player's Holes on either side are empty, the seeds in the opposite hole(s)Īre captured. Seeds in the opposite hole on the opponent's side. Is on the player's side, the player captures that seed and the If that hole is on the opponent's side, the turn ends.The play continues, with theĭirections alternating, until the last seed is sown in an empty If the last seed falls in a loaded hole, those seeds are takenĪnd sown in a clockwise direction.

The sowing must go into the opponent's row. "sows" the seeds in a counter-clockwise direction into the next Seeds cannot be moved) on his or her side of the board. The first player takes all the seeds from any hole (single.The rules are a bit moreĬomplex than ba-awa, and the play is more strategic. Kiuthi is played by the Masai tribe of Kenya. The game is often played until one of the players owns ten or The rounds continue until one player has no seeds, but thisĬan be very difficult when the two players are evenly matched.Round, and the round starts with the other player. To set up for the next round, each player puts four seeds intoĪs many holes as possible.If one player has no seeds, the game is over otherwise,.Puts these seeds into his or her storage hole. Until there are only eight seeds left in play. The player's turn ends if the last seed makes four in a hole Of that hole lifts the seeds and puts them in his/her storage Whenever a hole contains four seeds, the owner The other player lifts all the seeds from one of his or her holes and.Starting play will always have five "lifts" or "sowings".) The last seed of a "sowing" goes into an empty hole. The player then picks up the seedsįrom the last hole sowed and continues sowing. Of the board, then "sows" the seeds in a counter-clockwiseĭirection into the next four holes, one by one. The first player lifts all of the seeds from any hole on his or.Who playsįirst alternates between the players with each round. A ba-awa game has several rounds or small "games".It is played by the Twi people of Ghana in Africa. Each player uses the collecting hole on his orīa-awa is one of the simpler forms of mancala, and is more like theĪncient version. Kiuthi: Four seeds are placed in each of the center.Each player uses the collecting hole on his or her right to

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