Mancala-Unclear what country this game was made it. A beautiful and fancy strategy game of one of the oldest and most popular couple classic games in the world. Mancala has been played for thousands of years in Egypt, where boards have been found craved into stone of the pyramid at the Temple of Luxor. The game has spread to Asia and Afrian slaves brought the game to West India and from there it spread as far as China.

GENERAL RULES

OBJECT: Collect the most stones in your mancala (mancalas are the large bowls at each end of the board).

SET UP: Place 4 stones in each small bowl. Do not place stones in the mancalas. Set aside any extra stones (you will not use these). Place the board between the players, with the mancalas on the left and right. To play, use the general rules plus one of the other sets of rules.

Each player "owns" the mancala on his right and the six small bowls closest to him (see Diagram 1). Player 1 starts by scooping up all the stones from one of his small bowls (players may never start from a mancala or from the opponent's six bowls). Player 1 drops one stone into the next bowl on the right, one stone into the second bowl on the right, continuing around the board (counterclockwise) until he has no more stones in his hand. If Player 1 reaches his own mancala, he drops a stone into it. Players do not drop stones into their opponents' mancalas, they skip them and continue dropping stones, one at a time, from their hand until they run out of stones. Players take turns moving. At the end of the game, players count the stones in their mancalas - the player with the most stones wins.

Pieces are made of polished glass and stone, the board is made of bamboo, measures 47.1x12.6x1.9 cm. Packaged in colour box.