I haven't played mancala sense 8th grade i'm 17 now and i still love the game and i like watching other people play

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I like the sounds the marbles make as you drop them into the baskets; plink, plink, plunk! Plink, plink, plunk! So soothing and relaxing, hehe!

I've been looking for this game forever. used to love this when I was younger

OMG thank u sooo much this video was so helpful and explained everything I needed to know

when i put my last bead in my empty hole and the opposing side has beads i steal them including my bead. you do not go again because it is considered as dead so it is the opponent's turn.

Alyssa Luna, I can't reply directly to you because of your google settings, but in response to your question: If the last seed you sow ends in an empty area on your side, you get that seed and you also take all the seeds on your opponents side, in the pot directly opposite.

I play: move your seeds, if you land on the other side, I continue with that set of seeds and continue, if I land on an empty I stop. If my side is empty, the person still goes and then I get some on my side. That’s how I play it

if you land in a epty space it is the others turn

The way I play is: I start the same way you do, and when you get Into your store with no more marbles in your hand, you go again. And if you land in a pit past your store, you pick up that pit and keep going until you end in an empty space.

That is a rocket science, one should play it, to learn it

Finally someone who plays this game correctly!

You dont go again if you capture

I like the colors of the marbles

I play very similar to this version. I'm interested in learning other variations of this game

thank you so much!

Yeah that's not how I played . We'd pick a pit on our side , then sow through and if you're last seed was in an empty pit you stop and it's the other persons turn if you land your last seed in more seeds you pick all those up and keep going

I like this way too though

Not sure if this was mentioned already in the chat, but if you capture a pit full of your opponents seeds and put them in your score pile, you don't get actually another turn in standard rules of the game. Is this a house rule you created??

Who else is here just for iMessage?

Thank you

You can play most marbles or clear side

A soon as you drop the seeds and it has other seeds in it you pick it up and keep going

when i play when you land on one of the piles i grab it and keep playing and if you land one empty one i stop then the other person goes

There is like three i know how to play: clearside, crossover(which is the one that you are playing), and Jackpot

When I Play We Do The Same Thing But The Only Thing Different Is That When We stop With One That Has Marbles In If It's Our Opponents Side Or Not We Keep Playing

The Way I Play It Is That O Start with Three in Each Pit And If The Marble Lands in a pit that's like full Even if it was on the other person's side I pick it up and keep Going untill I land in a blank spot and I play around the word Somtimes and sometimes steals in Mancala

Lol high school game 😂

This is American Kalah. I play Oware, Omweso, Bao, etc... not this. If you want to play something like this, then play Ayoayo, or even Congkak. Without the "pie rule", whoever goes first will always win. This variant has pretty much been solved.

We play the exact same way

I Start with tours marbls in each cup

The rules you explained in your video were unfamiliar to me. Was that a set of household rules you demonstrated? Regardless, I'll share with you what variation I grew up playing and how I prefer to play Mancala now. When I was younger, I would play Mancala where each individual would continue his turn if he either landed in his "store" aka Mancala or on a space occupied by other counters or marbles. As you already know, this variation is less skillful and more random. However, for children younger than the minimum age recommended (6 years old) it can be entertaining and easily comprehensible. As I mentioned, I prefer a more strategic and calculation-based game especially since Mancala to me is intended to challenge one's skill in counting and planning several moves ahead in comparison to his opponent. For this reason, I play Mancala where the remaining "seeds" are counted towards the player whose side of the board is still occupied. Unlike your version where the player to have a completely empty board win the game, I find it rather challenging and entertaining to plan several moves ahead and try to predict your opponent's moves as well. In addition to planning and predicting, I also have to "strategize" or think strategically how I will gain the most seeds while at the same time not dwindling down my side of the board unless it benefits me more.

I play manacala different. Instead of playing horizontally I play vertically

we put three in each slot

When you clear your board

i play different i play like when u put yo last marble in a pit with marbles in it u take it and go around the board and if u put yo last marble in a empty pit its your opponents turn. i might make a video wth my mom and its gonna say by nadigirlz.kk thats how i play but good way to play mancala.

that's a ancient Egypt game

I know I play it a different way

I do not play like that! Whoever is left with no seeds/stones ends the game, meaning the other player takes all remaining stones/seeds and adds them to his store; the player with the most seeds/stones in their store wins.

I play SO SO diffrent

its so easy

No its not the oldest game found has yet to be named and nothing of the play is actually known the oldest still played in its original format is Go

It's very similar to a Malayan congkak ._.

you r playing it wrong because when you have one more marble left and you land in one with some in there you grab those and keep going

Lol I didn't get it I try s the qprst

You supposed to put four in each pot

Fore play is the oldest game.

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um she was cheating

i don't think it does not make sense.

U messed up the game at end i wanted to see who win

i know how to play you don't I play differently not trying to ne toed I have a video to

You play wrong. When you take stones from a pit you have to leave one stone back in the pit first....

That's not how i play

That is not how you play mancal

Wrong wrong wrong. It's not counter clockwise is supposed to be clockwise. Hello

You don't no haw to play it

That's not how I play

Noooooo not how to play

That is not the way you play mancala k boo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

your playing wrong you put three in each

Don't talk at all just demonstrate

jesus christ, this isnt 3000BC. We have modern, GOOD games. Why would anyone play this? This game, while ground breaking 6 thousand years ago in the african savannah, is a joke by today's standards.

Not the right way

that is not how you play

Just get to the point, you kinda wasted 3minutes of talking