Cranium Mancala Mania Instructions

Get Ready

Get Ready
1. Set up the board and place it
between the players as shown.
The large cup to your
right is your home cup.
The six small pits in
front of you make up
your playing area.
2. Place four stones of any color in each of the
12 pits. (You won't use the die in mancala.)
3. The player whose birthday is
coming up next goes fi rst.
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New to Mancala?

New to Mancala?

How to Play

How to Play
Take turns picking up all the stones Start with three stones in each pit.
from any pit on your side of the board.
Starting with the next pit to the right, drop

Try This Twist!

Try This Twist!
one stone in each pit and your home cup as you
move counterclockwise around the board.
When you start the game, make sure each player
Skip your opponent's home cup.
has one of the two purple stones in the pit next to their
• If your last stone lands in your
home cup. If either purple stone lands in an empty pit
home cup, take another turn.
on your side of the board (even if it's not the last stone),
take the purple stone and all of the stones in the
• If your last stone lands in an empty pit on
opposite pit and put them in your home cup.
your side of the board, take this stone plus all
of the stones in the opposite pit (on your
opponent's side) and put them in your home cup.

How to Win

How to Win
The game ends when one player empties
all six of their pits. The player with the
most stones in their home
cup wins!

Now Try This!

Now Try This!
stones of the same color in the start cup.

Stone Sprint

Stone Sprint Stone Sprint Stone Sprint
Rearrange the board to create an all-new game!

Object

Object
Be the fi rst player to get three stones in the end cup.
In this game, both players use the same start and end cups. Take turns rolling the die and moving
your stones toward the end cup.
Get Ready Get Ready
• You can split your roll however you'd like.
For example, if you roll a 5, you can move one stone
forward two pits and another forward three,
or move one piece forward fi ve.
• Send another player's stone back to the start cup by
landing in the same pit as one of their stones. If the
other player has more than one stone in the pit,
1. Set up the board by putting the four pit
pieces together with one cup
three pits nearest the start cup,
on each end, as shown.
2. Each player places three
How to Win How to Win
3. The player whose birthday
The fi rst player to get all three of their
is coming up next goes fi rst.
stones into the end cup wins. When you have
How to Play How to Play one stone left, you must get an exact roll to move
into the end cup. If your roll is higher than the
number of pits you can move, wait until your
next turn and roll again.
all the stones go back.
WARNING:
• If your stones are in the fi rst
CHOKING HAZARD – Small parts.
Not for children under 3 years.
they cannot be sent back.
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