In the picture above, we’ve taken from the fourth hole from the right, which at the start of the game contains four counters. Extra Turnįirstly, if you place the last counter in your hand in your mancala, you immediately get another turn! So you can pick up a from another hole and go again. There are only two exceptions to the normal order of play. Play continues as players take turns doing this.
The only space you never place a counter is, is your opponent’s mancala. If you reach your mancala (the one one the right as you look at the board), place it in there and then continue anti-clockwise along your opponent’s row of holes. You then place one of the counters in your hand in turn in the next hole anti-clockwise, until there are no more left. On your turn, choose one of the holes in front of you with one of more counters in it, and pick up all of the counters in it. The person with the most at the end of the game, wins. The aim of the game is to capture as many stones as you can in your mancala on the right-hand side of your side of the board. Pick a player to go first, and you’re ready to go. These counters can be stones, seeds, nuts, marbles – it doesn’t really matter, as long as you can fit plenty into a hole. Four counters are placed in each of the six holes in front of each player, leaving the mancalas empty. On the right hand side for each player there’s a larger hole known as a mancala (sometimes called a store). On each side of the board there are six holes / pits belonging to the player closest to them. The board is placed between the two players.
Mancala stones how to#
There are a few sites that explain it, but this is my own take on it, and I’m hoping by the end of this page, you’ll know how to play Mancala, and could pick up a set and just play. Some written instructions came with the board, but I’m quite a visual person, and would have preferred some pictures. I knew it was about picking things up and dropping them in holes, but that was about it. I was given the gorgeous Mancala set in the image above as a birthday present, and I kind of knew about the game. So with that in mind, I’m starting that today with a look at Mancala – specifically the variant known as Kalah, which is the most popular version in the Western world. That doesn’t necessarily mean sticking with the Cult Of The New though, as there are plenty of traditional games that I enjoy, which I think a lot of people might overlook just because it’s ‘old’ or ‘the sort of thing my grandparents play’. When I started this site, I wanted to share my views on all of the games I play. There must be a reason people keep playing the game, even now, so let’s have a look at how to play Mancala! Background There’s evidence of the Romans playing it nearly two thousand years ago, and some historians believe it’s over six thousand years old.
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