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MANCALA9

Mancala Togyzqumalaq / Toguz korgool

Traditional intelligence and strategy two-player board game from the mancala family, deeply rooted in Kazakh and Kyrgyz culture.

What’s inside

The rules in four lines

  1. 18 holes: nine yours and nine your opponent’s, nine stones in each.
  2. Collect 82 stones in your kazan to win. 81:81 is a draw.
  3. Your last stone makes an opponent’s hole even — the whole hole is yours.
  4. Make it exactly three stones and the hole becomes your tuzdyk for the rest of the game.

Full rules with examples