Wikimanqala:Featured article/ week 42
From Wikimanqala
There are many mancala games that don't end after a single game, but are played in rounds, and in which, between each game, the board changes. Usually, after a game, each player puts his captures back on the board, on his side. If enough seeds have been captured, they will fill all the holes (and sometimes there will be even a surplus). If a player hasn't captured enough seeds, not all the holes will be full (usually in each hole must be the same amount of seeds as in the first game). Then the empty holes are "closed" (literally with earth or just marked by a leaf, a pebble or another sign) and not used in the next game. Then play continues until one player, at the end of a game, has not enough seeds to fill a certain number of holes, the exact number may vary according to the game (sometimes one, sometimes a couple). [ + ]
