En Gehé
(En Gehe, Guehe, 'n Gehén)DLP Game   
PeriodModern
RegionEastern Africa
CategoryBoard, Sow, Two rows
Description
En Gehé is a two-row mancala-style game played by the Loitha and Misonga Masai in northern Tanzania. It is reported to be exclusively played by men, usually in two teams of eight people. It is played on a board with rows of holes dug into the ground.
Rules
2x40-50 board. Each team controls one row. Play begins with each hole containing four counters (usually seeds or pebbles). A player picks up the counters in a hole in his team's row and sows them in a counterclockwise fashion, one in each consecutive hole. If the last counter is deposited into a hole containing counter, those counters are picked up and the player continues sowing. The turn continues in this fashion until the last counter falls into an empty hole. If this empty hole is on the player's side, the counters in the opposite hole in the other team's row are captured. The counter also causing the capture is taken. Play continues until one team cannot move, and the remaining counters are captured by the other team. The team with the most seeds wins.