MiniMancala
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MiniMancala
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| © 2001, Christian Freeling |
| The Netherlands |
| Variant of tchoukaillon |
| One cycle |
| Single lap |
| 2 holes per row |
| Two rows |
MiniMancala was invented in 2001 by Christian Freeling. It is one of the smallest mancala games in existence, although nano-wari is even smaller and micro-wari while being played on a board of the same size needs fewer seeds. MiniMancala was solved by Ed van Zon and implemented to perfect play: with a javascript program, Lite-8 and also with a a Java applet, MiniMancala. With perfect play the game is a draw. Nevertheless, although the game is solved, it is quite interesting.
Rules
The board consists of two rows of two holes each. A player controls the row closest to him. Initially each hole contains two seeds.
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| Initial Position |
At his turn a player distributes the contents of one of his holes, one by one, in a counterclockwise direction over the following holes.
It is not possible to capture.
If a player finds both of his holes empty at the start of his turn, he has lost. The other player is declared the winner.
References
- christian freeling.
- 2008 MiniMancala. [Web site] [As retrieved on 30th of April 2001]
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