Mancala free turns: landing in your store
If your last seed lands in your own store, you get another turn. Learn to spot free turns in Mancala by counting seeds. How Mancala works · lesson 3 of 5.
The lesson in words
If the last seed you sow lands in your store, you get a free turn: you go again straight away.
Count the steps from each pit to your store. Which pit has exactly the right number of seeds?
Try it: Make a move that earns a free turn.
Count the seeds: a pit with exactly enough to reach your store gives a free turn. Next: captures.
Questions
How many seeds does pit 2 need to end in your store?
5: one each into pits 3, 4, 5 and 6, and the fifth into the store.