Mancala - Wooden Game

The Mancala family of games is one of the oldest in human entertainment. It is a game that is easy to play, but difficult to master. With respect to all the variations of the game, the rules described correspond to an asymmetric game, played with 4-6 balls. OBJECT OF MANCALA Collect more of the balls in your mancala than your opponent. Those are the two bowls located at the end of board on the display above. BOARD SETUP Place equal numbers of balls (4 to 6 balls) in each small bowl. MANCALA RULES Each player owns the six bowls that face him/her, and the mancala that is to the person's right. The first player starts by scooping all of the balls out of one of the bowls on his side (those are the only six bowls that he can move). The player drops one stone in each succeeding bowl, counterclockwise, until there are no more balls left in hand from the original bowl. If the player happens to go by his mancala he drops a stone in, but if the player goes by the opponents mancal