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C5156b79eb91a26cfe1cc357794169e0.js?ver=1713334091 probably fifteen years ago or so, my wife and i found out about a seemingly simple game called "mancala, " known in other parts of the world as   the name derives from the arabic word "naqala"--which translates to "to move. " Within minutes, you can see both the "sowing" and the "moving. "  It's a deceptive game--one that seems so simple at the outset, but becomes intensely strategic the more you play. So now that Greg has mastered chess (!), the next logic-based game he learned at school was Mancala.   And he's quite good at it! In fact, we played at home today for the first time; it's a rainy day here in Mississippi, and he's home with bronchitis, so we're making the most of it.   So after our traditional sick-day bonding exercise of watching one of the Star Wars movies (I censor episodes II and III heavily!), we broke out the board games.   Wow, he knows this one.   We ended up tying at one game apiece. The game is played on a board with two rows of cups c5156b79eb91a26cfe1cc357794169e0.js?ver=1713334091, each starting with 4 beads.   The idea is to move the beads around and eventually capture the most. I've never actually tried to look up strategies in the game, but my [c5156b79eb91a26cfe1cc357794169e0.js?ver=1713334091] wife and I have developed our own.   I will sometimes try to push most of my pieces to her side, in a sense overwhelming her side, forcing her to eventually push the pieces back to me.   However, by that time, enough pieces have been captured by each of us that the remaining pieces stay on my side, giving me enough pieces to win.   She has, however, figured this out! Greg, on the other hand, has developed the deftness to already intuitively counter this ploy.   So here I am, yet again stumped by the eight year old!  Back to the drawing board. It's a fun game--another c5156b79eb91a26cfe1cc357794169e0.js?ver=1713334091 one that lasts maybe 15 minutes, and perfect for those with short attention spans.   And it's cheap--