Mancala rules quiz
Test your knowledge of the Mancala rules: sowing, skipping the opponent’s store, free turns, captures and how the game ends. Rules check · lesson 1 of 1.
The lesson in words
Question 2.
Try it: Take a free turn.
Question 4.
Try it: Make a capture.
Rules check passed. Now learn to plan ahead.
Questions
Which way do seeds travel?
Anticlockwise: along your row towards your store.
Your last seed lands in an empty pit on your opponent’s side. What happens?
Nothing. Captures only happen in empty pits on your own side.
One player’s pits are all empty. What happens to the seeds left on the other side?
They go into the store of the player whose side they’re on.