Mancala is one of the oldest known games to still be widely played today. Mancala is a two-player turn-based strategy board game 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 to capture more pieces than the opponent. There are over 200 variations of Mancala dating back to the 7th century.
- The game begins with one player picking up all of the pieces in any one of the pockets on his/her side.
- Moving counter-clockwise, the player deposits one of the stones in each pocket until the stones run out.
- If you run into your own Mancala (store), deposit one piece in it. If you run into your opponent's Mancala, skip it and continue moving to the next pocket.
- If the last piece you drop is in your own Mancala, you take another turn.
- If the last piece you drop is in an empty pocket on your side, you capture that piece and any pieces in the pocket directly opposite.