MiniMancala

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MiniMancala

Inventor: Christian Freeling, 2001

Ranks: Two

Sowing: Single laps

Region: Netherlands

MiniMancala was invented in 2001 by Christian Freeling. Although he claims that it "must be the smallest mancala in existence", 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 using two Java applications called Lite-8 and MiniMancala. With perfect play the game is a draw. 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.

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

Freeling, C.

MiniMancala. [Web site as retrieved on April 30th, 2001]

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