Mancala Game

My Garage Sale Find!

I did not write the following - it was in my archives - for the life of me I cannot find where I got it - it was the best discription - so I wanted to include it!

"THE NATIONAL GAME of Africa, known as

"Mancala," has caught on with Americans.

You can join in the fun by making a Mancala

board in your home workshop. All you have to

do is follow the details below.

One of the oldest games in the world, Mancala

is played by two people. The object is to

capture the most counters. Each player places

the same number of counters (coins, marbles,

etc.) in six holes on his side of the board.

You can start with six counters and use more

as you gain proficiency.

To begin the game, the first player picks up all

the counters from any one of his six holes and

distributes them to his right, placing one in each

hole. If the last one lands in his scoring bin, he

gets another turn, but otherwise the turn passes

to his opponent.

If he has enough counters to go beyond his

Get cracking - eat thoses eggs and
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scoring bin, after dropping one there, he proceeds                                        

from right to left along his opponent's side

of the board. When he can go around the other

end (skipping the other player's scoring bin)

and drop the last counter in any empty hole on

his own side of the board, he captures all the

counters in the hole opposite.

The game of Mancala is over when all the

holes on either side of the playing board are

empty. The player with the most counters in

his scoring bin is the winner. Mancala can be

enjoyed by everyone except for the smallest

youngster."

Some links to make your own game:

http://crafts.kaboose.com/mancala-game.html

http://www.sinasohn.com/crafts/mancala.htm

http://www.creativityforkids.com/ASSETS/0AFBBF8D6D1845ECB00DEB73760126EA/Egg%20Carton%20Mancala%20Game.pdf

http://boardgames.about.com/cs/mancala/ht/play_mancala.htm