The game board is a wooden pallet with hollowed out semi-circles. Placed into the semi-circles are colored, decorative stones. There are also two oval cut-outs in each board at opposite long ends for collecting the stones each player wins, collects, or takes (as the case may be).
The basic rules are that two people play, stones are moved and redistributed, and there is a way to land in an open spot, opposite the opponents' stones, which player 1 then appropriates from player 2 (or vice versa). In the end, the appropriated stones are counted, and the player with the most stones is the winner.
We play the game by moving the stones and candies in each semi-circle along, just as usual. This time, though, we bend the rules a bit. After capturing the opposition's small bin, stones are moved to the end bin, and all M&M's must be eaten immediately.
In the end, it is difficult to determine who actually wins. Our bins are as semi-filled with rocks as are our stomachs with M&M's. We also eat the rest of the gorp, which is semi-healthy. I suppose that makes us both semi-winners.
Next time, though, we want to be all-around winners. Send bags of M&M's -- we're going to replace the Kalah stones with colorful candies all-around. Mancala candies!
