Description
Mancala / kalaha is one of the ancient African board game and now been played around the world as one of the most popular family board game. The monballa game is fun to play and easy to learn. One can consider it as sowing and harvesting game as the players sow and capture the seeds. Players take turns scooping up seeds and counting them out one at a time into the pits on the board. When they drop a seed into an empty pit on their side of the board, they capture all the seeds in the opposite pocket. It simple but it requires and reinforces STEM skills like counting and strategic planning. The winner of the game is the player who collects the most seeds! This folding Mancala includes a hinged wooden playing board, 50 natural colourful stone pebbles as seeds, a beautiful drawstring bag and instructions.
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Features
- Mancala, mankalah, oware or kalaha game is an ancient African games in which players "sow" and "capture" seeds. One can consider it as sowing and harvesting game which perhaps originated with the dawn of civilization. Or it is called as moncalla or manacala or mankala
- Beautiful handmade solid sturdy carbonised bamboo hinged folding board (44 CM or 17.32 Inches when open or folded measures 22x13.3x3CM 8.66X5.24X1.18 Inches with smooth inset 12 seeds pits and two stores, total 48 beautiful natural stone pebbles as seeds with 2 extras and comes with fine storage bag. The colourful natural crystals have smooth edges and good feel in the hands; and also it does not bounce out the pit.
- The objective of the game: to capture more seeds than one's opponent. Strategies and tactics are required on how to sow more seeds in your own store and get more goes in one turn. Full instruction on how to play is included
- Suitable for 2 players from age 6 children and adults. This mancala wooden board game is a great family board game and strategies game. It comes with beautiful colour box, so it is ideal for Christmas and birthday gift for children and adults and as desk or coffee table toys or travel games. These beautiful natural crystals can be used as chakra stones in one's room to purify the energy when not playing the game
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