Estimated shipping time 2-3 business days, depending on the location.Orders are shipped from Chicago, USA within 1–2 business days.To set up, place four marbles in each hole, except mancalas, a total of 48 marble. The game is divided into two parts: Your side with six holes and a mancala to the right, and your opponent’s side and a mancala. Size is shown as Width x Height in inches Mancala Game Rules You can use rocks, beans, seeds, or anything else.Both style boards come with the game instructions. Available in 2 styles – Sapele and Iroko with Sapele having a handle & latch lock while Iroko doesn't. Great addition to your game collection and a suitable as gift for your family and friends. The Mancala-board is made up of two rows of six holes or pits. As children learn basic arithmetic this game is known to help improve their counting skill and train them to also think before making decisions. Setup Players sit opposite to each other with the game board in between. Children in Africa as young as age 4 have played this game for centuries as a cultural heritage that has been passed down generations, while adults use it as a relaxing and socializing tool in the evening under tree shades after completing the day’s work. The player with the most captured seeds wins.Īyo Olopon is a game for both young and old. If the last seed of a player’s turn lands in a hole on the opponent’s side of the board and makes it the 2nd or 3rd seed in that hole, you capture and remove those seeds from your opponent’s side of the board. During each individual sowing, the starting hole is skipped. Each turn, the player takes all seeds from any hole on their side of the board and sow them counterclockwise, one seed per hole.
Each player can only move seeds from their side of the board unless they are capturing their opponent’s seeds. At the beginning of the game, four (4) seeds are placed in each hole. Two individuals take turn to play this game, which runs anti-clockwise. The game requires strategy and critical thinking to move seeds around with the ultimate aim of winning more seeds than your opponent.
There are hundreds of variants found around the world. Handmade from solid wood, the board “opon” is the carrying case composed of two rows with six holes on each side of the board (12 total holes), connected by 2 hinges and played with 48 seeds. The Spruce / Margot Cavin Mancala is a count-and-capture board game with an ancient heritage. “Ay ò Ol óp ón” popularly known as the Mancala Board game is an ancient, interactive, self-contained traditional game played by the Yoruba people of Nigeria in West Africa.
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