Mancala

Welcome

Welcome to this two player version of Mancala. Two players, called North and South, will try and collect most 'stones'.

Terminology

A playing board is placed between two players. Each player has six buckets or bins and one large bucket, the mancala or kalaha.
The game starts with four stones, pieces or seeds in each bucket, the kalahas stay empty.

Rules

When it's a player's turn, he will take all 'stones' from one of his six buckets (the six closest to him), and, moving to his right, he drops one piece into each bin he comes to, also in his kalaha. The opponent's kalaha is skipped over.
If the last stone ends in the player's kalaha, he had another turn. Otherwise his turn is over.
If the last stone ends in an own empty bucket, the player puts this piece in his kalaha, and he gets all pieces in the bucket on the other side of the board.
Now it's the other player's turn.
The players keep playing until one player cannot move (he's out of stones) at the beginning of his turn. His opponent gets all pieces that are left on the board. The player who has most pieces in his kalaha, wins.