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game format and a 4 player in a folding format. All wooden boards
are hand carved and painted and come in a selection of oak,
redwood, cypress or pine
Object: Collect the most stones in your mancala (mancalas are the large bowls at each end of the board)
SET UP: Place 4 stones in each small bowl. Do not place stones in the mancalas. Set aside any extra stones (you
will not use them). Place board between the players with the manacles on the left and right. To play use the
general rules plus one of the other sets of rules.
LD’S VARIATION: Place 5 or 6 stones in each bowl.
GENERAL RULES
Each player “owns” the mancala on his right and the six small bowls closest to him. Player 1 starts by scooping up
all the stones from one of his small bowls (players may never start from a mancala or from on of the opponent’s
six bowls). Player 1 drops one stone into the next bowl on the right, one stone into the second bowl on the right,
continuing around the board counterclockwise until he has no more stones in his hand. If player 1 reaches his
own mancala, he drops a stone into it. Players do not drop stones into their opponent’s mancala, they skip them
and continue dropping stones from their hand, one at a time until they run out of stones. Players take turns
moving. At the end of the game, players count the stones in their mancala ~ the player with the most stones wins.
Egyptian Rules
Use General Rules. If a player drops the last stone from his hand into his mancala, he gets to move again. If a
player drops the last stone into an empty bowl on his side of the board, he takes that stone plus all the opponent’s
stones in the bowl directly across from his bowl and puts them in his mancala. The game ends when a player no
longer has any stones in his small bowls. The other player (who still has stones in his small bowls) places all
remaining stones into his own mancala. (it is not necessarily an advantage to be the first player to empty the six
bowls)
LD’S Variation The game ends when one player empties his side of stones. He then captures any remaining
stones and puts them in his own mancala.
Ethiopian Rules
Use all General rules and all Egyptian rules. Players may choose to move either right or left on each turn. Players
may never start from a bowl with only one stone.
Nigerian Rules
Use all General Rules, except that players must drop a stone into the opponent’s mancala when passing them.
When a player drops the last stone from his hand into a bowl on either side of the board that is not empty and
does not now (after dropping the stone) have 4 stones, that player picks up all the stones from the last bowl a
stone was dropped into and continues to play. A player’s turn is over when he drops the last stone from his hand
into: 1. A mancala 2. An empty bowl 3. A bowl that now (after dropping the stone) has 4 stones. Any time during
a move that a bowl has 4 stones, regardless of who dropped the fourth stone into the bowl, the player who owns
that bowl puts these stones into his own mancala. (in 3. Above, the player puts these stones into his mancala
before ending his turn. For example while player 1 is dropping stones into the small bowls on player 2’s side, he
drops a stone into a bowl that already has three stones, Player 2 picks up the four stones and puts them in his
own mancala. The game ends when one player cannot move (no stones remaining in that player’s six small
bowls0 The remaining stone’s on the other player’s side are not placed in a mancala, and are not counted in
determining a winner.