CONGKAK
Congkak is a game of wit played by womenfolk in ancient
times. This game is usually played by 2 girls sitting face to face on the
ground, using rubber seeds, saga or small marbles as the seeds. Seeds are points for the players. Total seed used
depends on the number of pit in the congkak set. Say, if there are 5 pits, the
total seed in each pit will be five and so on.
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The left most is the ‘Home’ for
the player. To start the game, player chooses to take all the seeds from one
pit and place one at a time into another pit including the player’s Home,
moving in clockwise. Seeds are not to be put in opponent’s Home. If the last
seeds in a play is placed in the player’s Home, she will be granted another turn
on the other hand, if the last seed is placed in an empty pit on her side of
the board, she will capture the seeds in the opposite pit and place in her own
Home. The game will carry on till all the pits on one side are empty. The
winner is the player who captured the most seeds.
