2 players
Mandinka Game
- Game family
- two rows
- Origin
- Gambia
Overview
This game was played on the River Gambia in the early seventeenth century. It is one of the earliest documented mancala-style board games. It was played outside, under shady trees, by men of the Mandinka people.
Source rules (English)
The game Mandinka Game is played by two players on a 2 x 6 Mancala board with 2 none stores. Regions: RegionP1: the bottom sites of the board for P1 RegionP2: the top sites of the board for P2 All players play with null The following pieces are shared by all players: Seeds. Players take turns moving. Setup: Set the count of the vertexes in track of board to 6. Rules: If The proposed is End, cast a vote with possible vote options [End] or cast a vote with possible vote options [No], else if we have repeated the same state three times, propose the following options [End] or select Vertex in RegionP1 or RegionP2 if 0 is less than the total number of vertex in the location of the piece then Sow with the following rules, startLoc: the to location of the last move, countFn: the total number of vertex in the to location of the last move, numPerHoleFn: 1, origin: false, captureRule: to is in RegionP1 or RegionP2 and the total number of vertex in to is equal to 2 or the total number of vertex in to is equal to 3, backtracking: true, captureEffect: from vertex in to to vertex Player the moving player's hand site 0 moveRule: true, type: Vertex, includeSelf: false. Aim: If the moving player cannot move or End has been made, the game ends and the player with the highest score wins.