Mancala

Mancala was a mini-game in Club Penguin. It was one of the site's oldest games. During Beta Testing it was playable in the Coffee Shop. However, it was moved to the Book Room two days in. Only two players could play it, and the objective of the game was to collect from the board more stones than the opponent, before one of the players cleared their side of the board. It was based on the real-life game Mancala.
Mancala was also a game which used to be available on the RocketSnail Games website, this being why it was on Club Penguin.
==How to play==
Players alternated turns. In their turn, each player had to select a group of stones from one hole on their side of the board. Each stone was dropped one by one in the holes around the board, including their own Mancala, but not the opponent's Mancala.
==How to win==
The game was over when a player had no more stones on their side of the board. The winner was the player with the greatest total number of stones in their Mancala and any remaining stones on their side of the board.
==Trivia==
*It was one of the five original games in Club Penguin. It was also the first multiplayer game.
*In November 2005, Mancala table was added to the HQ. In February 2006, it was removed. According to Billybob, it was removed in preparation for the HQ's redesignSecret Agent Stuff (comment from Anonymous, replied to by Billybob) which occurred a month later.
*Just like Find Four, players were able to watch other people play this game. This feature was added on January 25, 2006.
*It was voted "Game of the Year" for 2006 in The Penguin Times.
*According to issue 41 of The Penguin Times, Mancala used to be played outdoors in the snow with pebbles before the buildings in the Town Center were constructed.
*Rockhopper once stated that Mancala was his favorite game.
*Mancala was the second game in Club Penguin to have once existed on the RocketSnail Games website. The other was Hydro Hopper.
*During Beta Testing, there were four Mancala tables. Sometime between the Beta Test Party and Club Penguin's launch, another one was added, making five. After the renovation of The Journey in 2012, one table was removed again.
*In June 2005, the Club Penguin version of Mancala was released on RocketSnail Games to have a public beta test.
*An actual replica of the Mancala board was sold in the Disney Store in 2008.
*There was a Mancala Pin hidden in August 2016.
*Mancala, Puffle Roundup and Sled Racing were the only mini-games to be moved to another room from their original location they were added to. Mancala was originally in the Coffee Shop, but was eventually moved to the Book Room after all of its bugs were fixed.
==Gallery==
Mancala Empty Board.png|The old look of the Mancala boards in the Book Room
Book Room 2012.png|Mancala boards in the renovated Book Room
Mancala Book Room.png|Mancala boards in the old Book Room
CPT41 page 2.png|An article on the history of Mancala in Club Penguin, from issue 41 of The Penguin Times
HQ 2005 2.png|The Mancala board in the HQ
Mancalacpp.jpg|Mancala on the RocketSnail Games website
manwhatta.PNG|Penguins playing Mancala in the comic "Stand-off"
112 lrg-en.gif|A green penguin playing Mancala with Rockhopper in the comic "Game with Fame"
Mancala.png|Two penguins playing Mancala
Penguins39.png|Two penguins with a Mancala board
Penguin1328.png|A penguin with a Mancala board
Book Room postcard 3.png|As seen on the Book Room postcard
==References==
==SWF==
*[ Mancala]
*[ Instructions]
Category:Multiplayer Games
Category:2005