Congkak Entrée 2

1

The congkak board consists of two rows of 7 holes called the 'houses' and two bigger holes called the 'storehouse.

2

 Before the game starts the 'houses' are filled with seven congkak seeds each while the 'storehouses' are left empty.

3

Both players begin simultaneously by scooping up all the shells in any house on their side. Each drops a shell into the next 'house' and continues clockwise depositing one shell into every house thereafter. A player drops a shell into his 'storehouse' each time he passes it but does not  

       deposit any into his opponent's 'storehouse'. 

4

How the game continues, depends on where the last shell of each scoop is deposited.

• IF THE SHELL DROPS INTO THE PLAYER'S OWN 'STOREHOUSE': The player scoops up the shells from any of his 'houses' and distributes them in the cups ('houses') round the board but not in his opponents's 'storehouse'.
• IF THE SHELL DROPS INTO A 'HOUSE' (on either side of the board) CONTAINING SHELLS: The player scoops up all the shells in that 'house' and continues distributing them as described above.

5 The first round ends when a player has no more shells on his side. 6 Play resumes in the second round with players redistributing shells from their own 'storehouse' to their own 'houses'. Beginning from left to right, seven shells are placed in each 'house'. If a player does not have sufficient shells to fill his own 'houses', the remaining cups are left empty and         are considered 'burnt'. The leftover shells are deposited into his own         'storehouse.' The opponent deposits excess shells he has won into his         own 'storehouse'.               7 The loser gets to start the second round. Play is continued as before but players will bypass 'burnt houses' for instance no shells are to be dropped into these houses. If a shell is accidentally dropped into a 'burnt house', it is confiscated and stored in the opponent's 'storehouse'. 8 Play continues until one player loses all his 'houses' or concedes   defeat.