How to play Mancala

A quick video showing you how to play the Mancala based on the Westernised version of the rules. There are at least 200 variations of games recorded under the term Mancala so this is just one of many.

Please give this video a thumbs up if it helps you out.

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[swampdog]

So the way I used to play was if you landed in a pocket with beads in it, you picked those beads up and kept going. It was only the other persons turn if you landed in a pocket with no beads. I can't find any guides that follow these rules but thats how I distinctly remember playing.

[BeefPounder]

Me and my mother use to play this when I was a kid. Great game, great memories :)

[briankrueger]

Finally. A YouTube video that shows the correct way to play. Thanks so much!

[josiesokala]

I used to play this game so well I forgot all about it and just downloaded the app now I need to watch so I can remember the rules

[dilekhatipoglu]

This is a Turkish game and it's my favorite game. I'm also a Turk and it makes me very proud that foreigners play this game and they really like it. I play this game very well and I really like that foreigners own this game.

[astartecolin]

great video. with the rules that I leaned as a child, and still play by.

[taliyahs_wildworld]

There is a capture version and a version that iMessage calls avalanche. I’ve only ever knew the “Avalanche” version since I was kid, so it’s cool to learn how other people play.

[Mynamjefe]

Why didnt u take the other stones at 2:38.. idk when you are allowed to take it or not

[hooftrim]

at 239 you put a seed in an empty pit but didn't collect the opposite seeds for your mancala

[ezekielortega]

Came here cause I'm getting my ass whooped on the iMessage game.

[MrBbbakersk]

Good video, at 2:53 you played your opponent hand and deposited a pebble in your own mancala by mistake. I know its was an error due to muscle memory by playing mostly one side, thanks for the video

[craigbuy]

I am thinking that it doesn't make sense for the all the remaining stones (when one player's side is empty) to be placed in the store/mancala. The advantage from playing all your stones first should be that the opponent's stones are stranded. Any thoughts?

[Disthron]

When I was a kid we played that the first person to empty their pits was the winnter... kind of like Uno I guess.

[notben]

In the US, most people play to where if your last stone lands in more stones, you pick those up and keep going

[tonijanelle]

This is a correct way to play this, but I remember playing a different way with my siblings when I was younger. Maybe there's more than 1 way of playing these? 😊

[ladyhathor]

I use to play this game in school. It was so fun!

[gabriellehammons]

Awwww loved this game! Woah u play it much different than I but love the colors and sounds. I played by myself quite a bit

[ZER--]

2:10 You said you can take the stones from the opposite side if your stone lands in an empty pit. At 2:28 you didn't do that. Then on the next move you didn't do it. I'm a bit confused.

[kenji]

what's the variation called when the last stone lands on a pit with stones occupying it and you pick all of that pile and keep going? I've looked everywhere since I was taught to play mancala this way and I'm now realising how different I play it

[narlclinic]

Nice.. Quite similar to the "opón ayò" game popularly played by the Yorubas of southwest Nigeria.