MiniMancala
From Mancala World
MiniMancala → Portuguese.
| MiniMancala |
| Inventor: Christian Freeling, 2001 |
| Ranks: Two |
| Sowing: Single laps |
| Region: Netherlands |
MiniMancala was invented in 2001 by Christian Freeling. It is one of the smallest mancala games in existence, although Nano-Wari is smaller and Micro-Wari (played on a board of the same size) needs fewer seeds. Freeling calls it the "smallest almost non-trivial mancala game". MiniMancala was solved by the inventor and then implemented by Ed van Zon with two Java applications called Lite-8 and MiniMancala. With perfect play the game is a draw.
In 2005, MiniMancala was chosen for a project that provided a basis and rational for software games of African origin on mobile phones. Its rules were slightly changed (e.g. two more holes) and the new game was called Henney's Mancala.
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[edit] 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.
Initial Position
On 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.
[edit] External Links
[edit] References
- Agbinya, J. I. & Henney, A. J.
- Board Games of African Origin on Mobile Phones. In: 2nd International Conference on Mobile Technology, Applications and Systems, 2005 15-17 November 2005, 1-8.
[edit] Copyright
© Wikimanqala.
By: Ralf Gering
Under the CC by-sa 2.5 license.
