1981

Catch 19

2–2 players · 15 min · 6+

36 balls are evenly distributed into 12 tubes. On your turn, empty a tube and place the balls in the next tubes, one each, going anti-clockwise. If you place a ball in an empty tube on your side you capture that ball and all the balls in your opponent's adjacent tubes.

The winner is the first to capture 19 balls, as there are 36 to start with.

It's a 3D game related to Mancala, but very different in physical style.

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