How To Play Mancala?

Set up the board with 6 pits on each side and 1 store at each end

Place 4 stones in each pit

Choose a player to go first

On your turn, pick up all stones from one of your pits on your side

Sow the stones one by one into the next pits moving counterclockwise

Include your own store when sowing

Skip your opponent’s store

If the last stone lands in your store, take another turn

If the last stone lands in an empty pit on your side, capture that stone and all stones in the opposite pit

Put captured stones into your store

If a player has no stones left in any of their pits, the game ends

Move all remaining stones on the other side into that player’s store

Count the stones in each store

The player with the most stones wins

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