2 players
Um el-Bil
- Game family
- two rows
Overview
'Um El-Bil is a two-row mancala-style board game played in Tunisia. Typically it is played in holes in the ground, with camel droppings, shells, or nuts as counters. It was rarely played by young girls.
Source rules (English)
2x6 board. Four counters in each hole. Sowing occurs in an anti-clockwise direction. The first player sows from the hole on their right. When the final counter lands in an occupied hole, the turn ends. When the final counter lands in an empty hole, that counter is captured. The player who captures the most counters wins.