Halusa
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Halusa, or Halusi , is a traditional mancala
game which is similar to Turkish mangala
. It is played in Iraq
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Mancala
Mancala is a family of board games played around the world, sometimes called "sowing" games, or "count-and-capture" games, which describes the game-play. Mancala games play a role in many African and some Asian societies comparable to that of chess in the West, or the game of Go in Eastern Asia...
game which is similar to Turkish mangala
Mangala (game)
Mangala is a traditional Turkish mancala game. It is strictly related to the mancala games Iraqi Halusa, Palestinian Al-manqala, and Baltic German Bohnenspiel. There is also another game referred as Mangala played by the Bedouin in Egypt, and Sudan, but it has quite different rules.The game can be...
. It is played in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
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Rules
The game has the same rules as mangalaMangala (game)
Mangala is a traditional Turkish mancala game. It is strictly related to the mancala games Iraqi Halusa, Palestinian Al-manqala, and Baltic German Bohnenspiel. There is also another game referred as Mangala played by the Bedouin in Egypt, and Sudan, but it has quite different rules.The game can be...
except the following:
- The game is played on a 2x6 board with six pieces in each hole initially.
- If the last stone falls into a hole on the opponent's side (not either side of the board), and this hole then contains an even number of stones (not just two or four), these stones are captured.