How to Play Mancala
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Learn the rules to the board game Mancala quickly and concisely - This visually rich video has no distractions, just the rules.
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RULES:
There are many variations to this game, these rules are is for the classic two-rank Mancala.
The object of the game is to capture the most stones. Setup: layout the board horizontally between two players and place 4 stones into each of the 12 small pockets. Board is divided into two rows of 6 pockets each. Each player controls the 6 pockets on the side closest to them. The two larger pockets are called Mancolas. Each player owns the Mancola to the right of their row.
Pick a player to go first. On your turn pick up all the stones in any one of the pockets on your side of the board. Moving counter-clockwise from the pocket picked, deposits one of the stones in each pocket you pass until the stones run out. If you run into your own mancola, deposit one stone in it. If you run into your opponent's mancola, skip it.
If the last piece you drop is in your own mancola, take another turn immediately. If the last piece you drop is in an empty pocket on your side of the board, you capture that piece and any pieces in the hole directly opposite of it. Always place all captured pieces in your mancola.
The game ends when all six spaces on one side of the board are empty. The player who still has pieces on his side of the board when the game ends, capture all of those pieces and puts them into their mancola. Count all the pieces in each mancola. The player with the most pieces, wins.
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I remember playing this in Club Penguin like 8 years ago and I had no idea what I was doing.
right
😂😂😂
Same 😂
Ha ha ha samee
Here I am looking it up because I made a CP again and I need to learn 😆
this game is taught completely different depending on which video you watch. This video seems easiest to understand.
I've been playing this game for over 25 years and I've watched a lot of these videos to show other people because it's easier to explain with a video and what I've found is if there's no comments section, the rules are just blatantly wrong.
This is probably one of the best tutorials on Mancala on TH-cam. Great job explaining and also the way you showed the actual moves in the video!
In the Philippines, we call this game 'sungka'. The rules are exactly the same as described in this video. I also have come to discover that we also have many variations since different people are telling different rules.
Don't they serve spaghetti at McDonald's in the Philippines?
@@citronvannalemon Almost every fastfood restaurant serves spaghetti.
@@citronvannalemon yea they do
@@citronvannalemon they do and fried chicken as well.
I’m mad at whoever “taught” me how to play. My entire life is a lie
Why
Jay Veer Rajpoot They didn’t teach me the correct way to play and now I have to relearn how to play
@@Auntie888 Mancala is a blanket term. There are hundreds of variations of Mancala games. This version is the most common westernized version.
Same
Same lol when I was a kid I thought the goal was to get rid of all the stones
In Indonesia, we call this game 'congklak'. The rule is exactly the same as described in this video.
We in tamil nadu have this same exact game, it's called "pallaankuzhi", it's a very old and traditional game.
We Malaysians call it Congkak, and it's the same except if it lands on an empty, it's the opponent's turn next
In Kazakhstan it's called 'togyzqumalak', literally meaning nine balls. As I know there are more pockets than in mancala.
i think there is a rule that if your opponent doesn't have any stones left you play as usual until they have 1 or more
Cool!
Welp, this should go in the youtube textbook.
Clean video, to the point, 100% what I expected to see.
Another game that was part of my childhood
Thank you!! My sister just got me mancala as a Christmas gift and I have never played it before. Don’t know why she got it but I’m not letting it go to waste!!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Bravo my dude ...by far the best explanation of the game on here.. easy simple and no extra nonsense
I've never played this way but I found it extremely fun and much more thought provoking! Thank you thank you!
I love this game. In first to second grade, I used to play it with egg cartons and marbles (I grew up poor lol)
Me too
I use to always play this back when I was in the after-school program like in 5th grade. Use to love playing this thing
Thank you for posting this video. It took me a bit to learn, but I officially played my first game today
In the Philippines we call it sunkaan
Just bought a Mancala 1996 Cardinal set for 3.00 at a thrift store today, new in box. Wood board with glass cat eye pieces. I love finding classic games at thrift stores. Good tutorial on how to play, Thanks.
1. If you end in empty spot on your side, you collect both. Then do you continue your turn?
2. If opposing spot is empty, do you collect your last one or leave it there ending your turn.
My same question
In Karnataka, India we call it chennamane. But it has 7 pockets on each side and during the coarse of the game ,we do not deposit the stone to the player's mancala. But whatever is collected from the pocket is placed in the player's mancala. Hence game is almost similar :)
Hello, I have a chennamane board (7x7) but have never known how to play it. Can you please let me know what you mean by “we do not deposit the stone to the players mandala, but whatever is collected from the pocket is placed in the players mandala” because I don’t understand! Thanks.
In Vietnam, we call it Ô ăn quan (en: Mandarin Square Capturing)
the rules are mostly the same, except:
-In each player's mancala, there's a bigger stone called "Quan" (King(?)). Each king is worth 10 stones
-You place your stones in all spots, even in your opponent's mancala
-Once the player places a stone on a square, they dont end immediately. Instead, check if the square they're on, if the square is:
+Next to a mancala (turn end)
+Is a mancala (turn end)
+Is next to an empty square (capture + turn end)
If none of the above, then the player continues their turn, taking the stones from the next square, placing them down and repeat until one of the above happens, that's when their turn ends.
-Once the player ends placing, and they're next to an empty square, they get to capture all pieces on the next square after the empty one (yes, even the ones in a player's mancalas)
-Captured pieces dont go into mancalas, instead they're kept off the board by the player that captured them.
-The game ends when both kings are captured.
Best " how to" clip! Thanks dude.
Is the rule at the very end a normal thing? A couple other videos I watched said once circles on one side are empty then each player just counts what they have in their mancala. There is no mention of collecting the remaining stones on the side that still has stones
Agrred
Agreed
Maybe its a different way of playing...we always let the one who's side is empty first,take the remaining stones...
It does seem counter intuitive as the "loser" could "win"
This must be the gen z way to play. He skipped putting the stones in his side, and grabbed from the opposite side. I'm still going to play the right way.
This is actually a traditional game played in the Philippines and we call it "Sungka"
True
Question: at minute 1:14, after picking up my only marble and my opponents and putting it on my mandala side, do I take a turn again?
No
When I would play, we would keep picking up the pile of whatever the last stone dropped into until it dropped into and empty one.
I think this is how I remember paying it too? Like 15 years ago
Hi there - thanks for the the video it was really helpful for us - but we had a couple of questions that the video did not include: if you put your stone down in one of your own circles that is empty AND your opponents' circle is empty, do you put that stone in your mancala? AND then because you put a stone in your mancala, do you get to go again?
The answer to both questions is no.
I used to play this in elementary school! Ah the memories. I should buy a set
If you capture someone's pieces from across your empty space can you go again? Or does your turn end?
your turn ends
Your turn ends. You only get to keep going when you end at your mancala.
If you're turned in by putting a marble in an empty mankala on demand color on your side but the other side is also empty do you still get to put that single stone in your mankala or do you leave it can we start playing yet
I remember once at my school we had a mancala tournament and I crushed it
Who is learning how to play mancala in 2024
Took me years to get the rules. Got my game board from a garage sale. It was a handmade game made from carved wood. Carved to look like a turtle. You would open the turtle to lay in half and each side had 6 pockets and the player used round seed pods . I didn't know the name of the game till today. I am looking forward to playing the game.
Best and concise description
Let me guess. You came here because of game pigeon 😏
Iwe play that but we call it in filipino is sungka
Learning strats for next AFPAC
My grandmother had something like this but the name was in Japanese or Chinese or Korean
underestimated kid Was it called Sungka?
I don't remember
Or vietnamese
AFTER YEARS OF ASKING SOMEONE FINALLY UNDERSTANDS
There’s a similar version of this game called Bawo in Malawi and a lot of Central and East Africa.
In Vietnam this game is called "Ô ăn quan" (which means "capturing the general") with a lot of variations =))
When I was a kid, I always thought those "gems" (or whatever you want to call them) were decorations. xD
Played this on Nokia old phone back then...love it
The youngest goes 1st that’s the only rule u left out but other then that great video and when you say u go again do you from where u left off at or can u pick a cup to pick from ???
Thank you for the simple explanation!
My teacher showed me this video when we played, it was a rainy day and there were only 5 people so we got to play games all day
If you land on an empty pocket on your own side of the board AND your opponent’s pocket is also empty, must you capture your own stone? We have tried playing it both ways and it really messes up strategy if you have to capture them.
No. Your stone stays where it is and it's the next players turn. But, having said that, as long as you are consistent for both players, I guess it would ultimately be a wash since there would be no advantage to either player.
Excellent explanation video with graphics
So if you put your last piece on your opponents side do you continue your turn? Or stop?
You stop it’s there go
Lolll my teacher sent this vid like 2 secs ago to teach us ow to play lmaoooooo 😂
Sht I meant how
Ah this is the one that many of us played as kids. Never liked the versions with the folding board. Was always annoying when the pieces would fall out when you folded it
What is the point of different colors? Did I miss something..
Thank you for such clear explanation !
I thought its ganna be like "sungka" cuz the design are similar
The different is
Sungka has 7
Its only has 6
Sungka- both of you start
And this one pick who start
Philippines BTW
great overview
In Australia, back in the day we played Scrutiny, but somehow I remember first one to empty board on their side is the winner & also you had to grab the whole pile of last marble dropped on your side I 🤔? Does anyone know
what if you end up on an empty spot and the other players spot is also empty??
Sunka in the Philippines
wdym you take another turn immediately i don't get it..
THANK YOU SO MUCH 😭
"Want to play Mancala?"
Macala actually was born in 600BC💀💀
Got my butt kicked 3 times in row playing this game with my 8 year old daughter 🤣😭
I remember this on Club Penguin
Would like to see this explained with two players at the board as in real game play.
This is such a simple game that I have to think it is a solved game.
I used play Mancala when I was about 4-5. Then I forgot ;-;
Ive always played, you pull the beads to your side not capture them
I ended up just using these as counter for MTG.
Thanks!
NIce! Are you going to make video about some other really old games, like Royal game of Ur?
I can look into it, but it won’t be for a while
@@TripleSGames It's boardgame with oldest rules we know of, it's really cool. Just search Irving Finkel, he's the guy that found them. Cheers!
Thank you!
My instructions say to move clock wise
Thanks so much!
How do you know when your turn ends?
You only get another turn if your *LAST* stone goes in your mancala pit. Otherwise, your turn is over.
This game was made before christ and it's still popular in the present
club penguin yo
This helped me alot
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Quick question to anyone who knows:
If I deposit my stones into an opponent’s pit and they decide to take their stones out of that pit, do they take my stones too?
Yes
I have to do this for school
Tell your teacher thanks for me.
When to switch turns??
See above - you only take another turn if your *LAST* stone is dropped in your mancala pit. In all other instances, it's the other player's turn when you finish.
American Kalah is a weak copy of Oware or AyoAyo. You want a challenge? Play Oware, Omweso, or Bao la Kiswahili. Or even тоғыз құмалақ, those all require serious concentration.
This video does remind me to "Ô ăn quan", although I haven't play it an single time...
In Philippines, We call it "Sunka" this tutorial was the exact same
linus?
Pepper?
any juicers?
TriHard 7
I played this when I was like 6
Why on every video, the 1st play always starts with someone choosing the 2nd pit of stones? Ppl, a lil tip, if you go 1st, always choose the 4th pit. You immediately get a “free”
Ok
Why is this guy’s demeanor so funny lol but HE EXPLAINED IT WELL!!!
My cups are empty on my side, which signifies the end of the game... why in the world does the opponent get to gather up their remaining stones and deposit them in their mancala? Seems like an automatic win for your opponent... every time.
Calculus was easier.
I know... let's reverse that thought, and 'force' the emptiness on your opponents side and fill yours.
Brilliant! 😂
That was perfect!
The ending is the dumbest rule. If you go out, you should get remaining pieces of opponents left on board. Seems dumb they would get to keep them and add them to their score.
I think it's the opposite - it's a clever rule that ensures that you keep this other aspect of scoring in consideration as you play. The goal isn't necessarily to be the first to clear your side; there is strategy involved at the end to "slow walk" your remaining stones so that they can remain on your side rather than go over to the other side.
@@HenrySpeir I agree... it adds to the strategy of not letting your opponent build up stones on their side... either by landing in an empty pocket and taking theirs or by forcing them to play a pocket that has a lot of stones
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wait so I've been playing this wrong my whole life lmao but to be fair my way is way more fun
this is actualy an indonesian game called "congklak"
Still dont get it
W A N T T O P L A Y M A N C A L A?
Thank you now I know how to play Russian roulette hehe
Sunkaaaaaaaa me childhood favvv
nahhhh but why did you go again at 1:22 ? you did not end with your own mancala, you grabbed his pieces from the other side and went again instantly. and im supposed to be listening to your "rules"?
you playing all of us fr. we are the game to you. /s im not an idiot
SUNGKA!......A game us pinoy play...