2 players
Unnee Tugalluulax
- Game family
- two rows
- Origin
- Mongolia
Overview
Unnee Tugullalax is a two-row mancala-style board game from Mongolia. It is typically played with camel droppings on a board. The game is imbued with the symbolism of the cycle of reproduction of a cow, as a hole fills with counters it progresses along the cycle of reproduction until it has four counters, when the calve is produced and the four counters are captured.
Source rules (English)
2x6 board. Six counters in each hole. Sowing occurs from any of the holes in the player's row, and continues in a clockwise direction. If the final counter lands in a hole in the player's row containing three counters, four with the addition of the final counter, these are captured. Play continues until one player cannot move or the board position repeats. When one player cannot move, the other player captures the remaining counters. The player with the most counters wins.