HOWTOPLAYTHEMANCALAFREEAPP?
GAMESET-UP:
Theboardhastworows,sixpits(roundholes)eachwithastore(oblonghole)ateachend.Fourmarblesareplacedineachhole.
MANCALAGAMEPLAY:
Eachplayerstartstheirturnbyselectingaholeontheirside.Theplayerdropsamarble,one-by-one,intoeachsucceedingholecounter-clockwisearoundtheboarduntilthemarblesrunout.InMancala,thisiscalled"sowing."
CAPTURE:Ifyouendonanemptypitinyourrow,themarblesintheoppositepitarecaptured.
FREETURNS:PlaceyourLASTMARBLEinyourstoreandgetanextraturn!
ANDTHEWINNERIS...
Whenaplayerrunsoutofmarbles,thegameends.Theopponentgetstoaddallmarblesontheirsideoftheboardtotheirstore.Thisiswhererealstrategycomesintoplay.
Theplayerwiththemostmarblesintheirstorewins!
MANCALAFREESTRATEGYTIPS
-Planahead,getfreeturnswheneverpossible.
-Goingfirst?StartwiththeholethatisFOURPITSawayfromyourstore.Why?BecausethelastmarbleyouplacewillendinyourstoreandyougetaBONUSturn!
Readytotravelbackintime?Mancalaisn'texactlyatimemachine,butit'soneofcivilization'searliestgames.