

If a player drops the last piece into an empty cup on the players’ own side, the player takes that piece, plus the pieces in the opponent’s cup directly opposite and places them in the players own Kalaha cup.Ħ. If a player drops the last piece into the player’s own Kalaha cup, the player gets to move again picking another cup to scoop from on their own side.ĥ. Players do not drop pieces into their opponent’s Kalaha cup on their left they skip it and continue dropping pieces until they run out of pieces.Ĥ. Pieces placed in a Kalaha cup are points for that player. The Kalaha cup to the right of a player is their cup. The pieces are then placed one at a time into successive cups, moving counter-clockwise around the board.ģ. Oware, Owari, Ayoyo, and Giuthi for instructions and playing tips. The first player then chooses one of his cups and scoops up all the pieces. Your new mancala game was handcrafted by cultural artisans who are part of the Africa. They toss a coin to see who goes first.Ģ.

The board is placed between the two players. Print on card and cut out or stick to card then cut the pieces out.ġ. If one cannot find 48 beads or small stones etc, then there are square printable piece with this pdf. The game starts with 4 playing pieces in each of the cups but not the Kalaha cups. 40 playing pieces are needed for the board with 10 cups and 2 Kalaha cups, and 48 pieces for the board with 12 cups and 2 Kalaha cups. However, there should be enough surface area for each cup to house the playing pieces.
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The printable Mancala boards in this pdf are obviously two dimensional, thus the cup pits are just flat surfaces.
