#Set up mancala full#

You have to plan out your next moves in order for the game to go in your favor.

Mancala is also considered to be a thinking game.

In mancala, if you strategize well, you can manipulate the game so that you can win.

While you can not use the same strategy as Fibonacci Nim, you can create your own or use some of the ones I have listed before.

In Fibonacci Nim, you have to take as many sticks to get to the next Fibonacci number so that you have a better chance of winning.

Just like in Fibonacci Nim, mancala has strategies that are helpful for you to win the game.

I have found that mancala is related to math for liberal arts by the game we talked about in class, Fibonacci Nim.

You set up your opponent to fall into your traps so that you win more pieces

Setting Up- Strategy used by more advanced players.

Sacrificing- Hopes in which you sacrifice one or two stones hoping to get a bigger reward in future moves.

#Set up mancala full#

Looping- When you have so many pebbles that you can make a full trip all the way around the board to earn pieces.Place 4 stones in each of the 12 pockets. Each player has 6 pockets directly in front of them and a store to their right. The game board is made of 2 rows of 6 small holes known as pockets, and large holes on opposite ends called mancalas or stores.

Stuffing- A defense strategy against raiding and being rushed out of the game. Place the game board between the two players lengthwise.Starving- starving ones opponent is refusing to repopulate the opponent’s side with pebbles carried around beyond ones own mancala.Stalling- Opposite of rushing, waiting out so that you don’t run out of pebbles directly.Rushing- to go out of pebbles quickly on ones own side of the board.Hoarding- Hoarding occurs when a player allows pebbles to accumulate in a certain bin, refusing to play that bin.

Raiding- When a player captures a bin of the opponent’s pebbles by placing the last pebble of a move in an empty bin on ones own side of the board, directly across from the opponent’s bin being raided.

The person who has the most stones in their mancala goal wins.

Use strategies to help you win the game.

Keep alternating turns until you run out of stones.

After the first player takes his/her turn, then you alternate taking turns.

To start, place four stones into each small cup on the board.

You can play the game with any thing that you can find.

Mancala is a board game that has been played for thousands of years.