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MiniMancala
This is a Java implementation of MiniMancala,
the Noughts & Crosses of the mancala family.
It's a board game for two players, and can be played
against another person, the computer, or all by itself.
You can
two different freeware Java versions of this program to play offline.
Rules
- The board consists of two rows of two 'pits'.
There are two players, north and south.
Each player controls the two pits on his side. In the initial position each pit contains two beads.
- Any player starts. Players move - and must move - in turn.
On his turn a player selects one of
his own pits, takes out all beads, and distributes them one by one in a counter-clockwise
direction over the other three pits. If the pit contains more than three beads, the fourth
(seventh) falls in the same pit as the first.
- If a player on his turn finds both his pits empty, he has lost.
This is what you're playing against: the MiniMancala network.
Backtrack coloring appears onmouseover
The pulsating loop represents optimum play for both sides
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