2 players
Dongjintian
- Game family
- two rows
- Origin
- China
Overview
Dongjintian is a two-row mancala-style board game played in China. It was described to Vernon Eagle by Wang Hongbin.
Source rules (English)
2x5 board. Five counters per hole. Sowing can happen in either direction. When the last counter falls into a hole, sowing continues if there are counters in the following holes; these are picked up and sowing continues from there. When the hole after the end of a sowing is empty, the counters in the next hole following it are captured. If a pattern of alternating empty and occupied holes continues after this, the counters in the occupied holes are captured, until there are two occupied or two empty holes in a row. The player who captures the most counters wins.