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Activity: Ayo (a variation on the board game Mancala)
Grades: 3 - 12
Mancala may be the oldest game in the world since it can be played with whatever medium happens to be available. It is played by hundreds of tribes throughout Africa, most of whom play their own variation and have their own special name for it. Some of the names for Mancala are associated with the region. Ayo is a generic name for the game Mancala. The game found its way to the Caribbean and east coast of South America , emigrating with the slaves during the years of slave trade and colonial expansion.
Materials:
Egg carton
Two small containers
48 game pieces: seeds, beans, pebbles, nuts, etc.
Directions:
- Four game pieces are placed in each of the twelve cups in the egg carton.
- The home cups are placed at each end of the egg carton and the players sit opposite each other with the game board between them.
- The row closest to the player is his/her row with the players home cup being at the left. The game is played counterclockwise.
- To begin the game Player 1 takes the four pieces from any of his/her cups and places one in the next hole, counterclockwise, and in each succeeding hole until his hand is empty. The home cups are for storing game pieces won.
- Player 2 does the same. Each player takes turns choosing one of his/her cups and places the game pieces, one in each cup, going counterclockwise.
- The object is to capture as many game pieces from the opponent to get a majority of at least 25 pieces.
- Game pieces may be captured in two ways:
· When the last game piece is placed in the opponent's cup and there are only one or two pieces there already (but no more), all three pieces in that cup may be "captured" and placed in the player's home cup.
· From that last opponent's cup, all consecutive cups going backward and containing only one or two pieces may be collected.
- The game ends when one player has 25 or more of the game pieces in his/her home cup, or when neither player has a move. Then the player with the most pieces wins.
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