Al-manqala
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Al-manqala is a traditional mancala
game which is very similar to Turkish mangala
. It is played in Palestine
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except the following:
Mancala
Mancala is a family of board games played around the world, sometimes called "sowing" games, or "count-and-capture" games, which describes the game-play. Mancala games play a role in many African and some Asian societies comparable to that of chess in the West, or the game of Go in Eastern Asia...
game which is very similar to Turkish mangala
Mangala (game)
Mangala is a traditional Turkish mancala game. It is strictly related to the mancala games Iraqi Halusa, Palestinian Al-manqala, and Baltic German Bohnenspiel. There is also another game referred as Mangala played by the Bedouin in Egypt, and Sudan, but it has quite different rules.The game can be...
. It is played in Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
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Rules
The game has the same rules as mangalaMangala (game)
Mangala is a traditional Turkish mancala game. It is strictly related to the mancala games Iraqi Halusa, Palestinian Al-manqala, and Baltic German Bohnenspiel. There is also another game referred as Mangala played by the Bedouin in Egypt, and Sudan, but it has quite different rules.The game can be...
except the following:
- The game is played on a 2x7 board with seven pieces in each hole initially.
- If the player whose turn it is to move cannot feed the other player when all houses in the other side are empty, the game ends and all pieces on the board go to the other player.