2 players
Chiana wa Bwalo
- Game family
- four rows
- Origin
- East Africa
Overview
Chiana wa Bwalo is a four-row mancala-style board game played by the Nyanja people of East Africa. It is generally played by children.
Source rules (English)
4 row board, of any number of holes. Four counters in each player's outer row. Sowing occurs from the player's rearmost hole and in an anti-clockwise direction. When the final counter lands in an empty hole in the inner row, any counters in the opposite hole in the opponent's inner row are captured. The player who captures all of the opponent's counters wins.