Fundex Mancala User Manual
INSTRUCTIONS
AGES: 6+
PLAYERS: 2
EQUIPMENT: 48 glass game pieces (”stones”), game board
OBJECT: Collect the most stones in your Mancala before one player’s bins are
empty.
SET UP: Place four stones in each of the bins numbered 1 through 12 as shown
in the diagram below.
GAME PLAY: Player A’s bins are those numbered 1-6. Player B’s bins are those
numbered 7-12. Decide which player will play rst by the ip of a coin. The
rst player then picks up all of the stones in one of the bins on his side of the
game board. For example, Player A would pick-up the stones in any of the bins
numbered 1-6. The player then proceeds by placing one stone at a time in each
of the adjacent bins counter-clockwise around the board.
If the last stone is placed in a player’s own Mancala, then he gets a second turn.
A player never places a stone in an opponents Mancala, it is always skipped.
Remaining stones are placed in the following adjacent bins. For example, player
A picks up eight stones from bin #6, then he places a stone in his Mancala and
then bins #7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. He then skips his opponent’s Mancala, and places
the remaining stone in bin #1. If the last stone of a player’s turn lands in an empty
bin on his side of the game board, then the player gets to collect all the stones in
his opponent’s bin which is directly opposite, as well as the single stone placed
in his own bin. These collected stones are placed in his Mancala. Players may
not touch the stones to count them and once a player has touched the stones, he
must play them.
WINNER: Play ends when one player’s six bins are empty. The other player then
places all remaining stones from his bins into his own Mancala. (the player who
ends the game does not always win!) Players then count all the stones in their
Mancalas. The player with the most stones wins the game.
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