Changes: Mancala

Mancala
Mancala
	; A Mancala board on a table
Information
Players	2
Controls	Mouse
Minigame location	Coffee Shop (August 22–23, 2005); Book Room (since August 24, 2005); HQ (November 2005–February 2006)
Date released	August 22, 2005; (Beta Testing); October 24, 2005; (everyone)
Date closed	March 30, 2017

Revision as of 21:38, 24 May 2020

Mancala was a mini-game in Club Penguin. It was one of the site's oldest games. During Beta Testing it was playable in the Coffee Shop. However, it was moved to the Book Room two days in. Only two players could play it, and the objective of the game was to collect from the board more stones than the opponent, before one of the players cleared their side of the board. It was based on the real-life game Mancala.

Mancala was also a game which used to be available on the RocketSnail Games website, this being why it was on Club Penguin.

How to play

Players alternated turns. In their turn, each player had to select a group of stones from one hole on their side of the board. Each stone was dropped one by one in the holes around the board, including their own Mancala, but not the opponent's Mancala.

How to win

The game was over when a player had no more stones on their side of the board. The winner was the player with the greatest total number of stones in their mancala and any remaining stones on their side of the board.

Trivia

It was one of the five original games in Club Penguin. It was also the first multiplayer game.
In November 2005, Club Penguin added a mancala table to the HQ; however, it was removed in February 2006 for an unknown reason.
Just like Find Four, players were able to watch other people play this game. This feature was added on January 25, 2006.
It was voted "Game of the Year" for 2006 in The Penguin Times.
Rockhopper once stated that Mancala was his favorite game.
Mancala was the second game in Club Penguin to have once existed on the RocketSnail Games website. The other was Hydro Hopper.
During Beta Testing, there were four Mancala tables. Sometime between the Beta Test Party and Club Penguin's launch, another one was added, making five. After the remodel of The Journey in 2012, one table was removed again.
In June 2005, the Club Penguin version of Mancala was released on RocketSnail Games to have a public beta test.
An actual replica of the Mancala board was sold in the Disney Store in 2008.
There was a Mancala Pin hidden August 2016.
Mancala, Puffle Roundup and Sled Racing were the only mini-games to be moved to another room from their original location they were added to. Mancala was originally in the Coffee Shop, but was eventually moved to the Book Room after all of its bugs were fixed.

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 {{MinigameInfobox
 |name= Mancala
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 |players= 2
 |controls= Mouse
-|room= [[Coffee Shop]] <small>(August 22–23, 2005)</small><br />[[Book Room]] <small>(since August 24, 2005)</small><br />[[HQ]] <small>(November 2005–February 2006)</small>
+|room= [[Coffee Shop]] <small>(August 22–23, 2005)</small><br>[[Book Room]] <small>(since August 24, 2005)</small><br>[[HQ]] <small>(November 2005–February 2006)</small>
-|date= August 22, 2005<br />([[Beta Testing]])<br />October 24, 2005<br />(everyone)
+|date= August 22, 2005<br>([[Beta Testing]])<br>October 24, 2005<br>(everyone)
 |close= March 30, 2017
 }}
-'''Mancala''' was a mini-[[List of Games|game]] in ''[[Club Penguin]]''. It was one of the site's oldest games. During Beta Testing it was playable in the [[Coffee Shop]]; however, it was moved to the [[Book Room]] two days after. Only 2 players could play it, and the objective of the game was to collect from the board more stones than the opponent, before one of the players cleared their side of the board. It was based on the real-life game [[wikipedia:Mancala|Mancala]].
+'''Mancala''' was a mini-[[List of Games|game]] in ''[[Club Penguin]]''. It was one of the site's oldest games. During [[Beta Testing]] it was playable in the [[Coffee Shop]]. However, it was moved to the [[Book Room]] two days in. Only two players could play it, and the objective of the game was to collect from the board more stones than the opponent, before one of the players cleared their side of the board. It was based on the real-life game [[wikipedia:Mancala|Mancala]].
 Mancala was also a game which used to be available on the [[RocketSnail Games]] website, this being why it was on ''Club Penguin''.
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 [[File:How to play Mancala.png|thumb]]
 [[File:Mancala Board.png|thumb|244px|A look at the Mancala Board]]
-Players alternated turns. In their turn, each player had to select a group of stones from one hole on their side of the board. Each stone was dropped one by one in the holes around the board, including his Mancala, but not the opponent's Mancala.
+Players alternated turns. In their turn, each player had to select a group of stones from one hole on their side of the board. Each stone was dropped one by one in the holes around the board, including their own Mancala, but not the opponent's Mancala.
 ==How to win==
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 ==Trivia==
+*It was one of the five original games in ''[[Club Penguin]]''. It was also the first multiplayer game.
 *In November 2005, ''[[Club Penguin]]'' added a mancala table to the [[HQ]]; however, it was removed in February 2006 for an unknown reason.
 *Just like [[Find Four]], players were able to watch other people play this game. This feature was added on January 25, 2006.
-*This was the first multiplayer game in ''Club Penguin'' and was very popular.
+*It was voted "Game of the Year" for 2006 in [[Club Penguin Times|The Penguin Times]].
-*It was [[Rockhopper|Captain Rockhopper]]'s favorite game.
+*[[Rockhopper]] once stated that Mancala was his favorite game.
 *Mancala was the second game in ''Club Penguin'' to have once existed on the [[RocketSnail Games]] website. The other was [[Hydro Hopper]].
-*There used to be five Mancala tables when it was in the Book Room, but after it was remodeled, one table was removed.
+*During [[Beta Testing]], there were four Mancala tables. Sometime between the [[Beta Test Party]] and Club Penguin's launch, another one was added, making five. After the remodel of [[The Journey]] in 2012, one table was removed again.
 *In June 2005, the ''Club Penguin'' version of Mancala was released on RocketSnail Games to have a public beta test.
-*It was voted "Game of the Year" for 2006 in [[Club Penguin Times|The Penguin Times]].
 *An actual replica of the Mancala board was sold in the Disney Store in 2008.
-*There was also a [[Mancala Pin]].
+*There was a [[Mancala Pin]] hidden August 2016.
+*Mancala, [[Puffle Roundup]] and [[Sled Racing]] were the only mini-games to be moved to another room from their original location they were added to. Mancala was originally in the Coffee Shop, but was eventually moved to the Book Room after all of its bugs were fixed.
-*It was one of the five original games in ''[[Club Penguin]]''.
 ==Gallery==
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 ==SWF==
-*[http://icer.ink/media1.clubpenguin.com/play/v2/games/mancala/game.swf Mancala]
+*[https://skihill.net/media1.clubpenguin.com/play/v2/games/mancala/game.swf Mancala]
-*[http://icer.ink/media1.clubpenguin.com/play/v2/content/local/en/instructions/mancala.swf Instructions]
+*[https://skihill.net/media1.clubpenguin.com/play/v2/content/local/en/instructions/mancala.swf Instructions]
 {{Games}}

Mancala
A Mancala board on a table
Information
Players	2
Controls	Mouse
Minigame location	Coffee Shop (August 22–23, 2005) Book Room (since August 24, 2005) HQ (November 2005–February 2006)
Date released	August 22, 2005 (Beta Testing) October 24, 2005 (everyone)
Date closed	March 30, 2017