Diffusion

Diffusion

Designer: Mark Steere
Publisher: Mark Steere Games
Type: Abstract
Status: Free
BGG entry: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/22326
Available at: http://www.marksteeregames.com/

Diffusion is a two player game which employs a Mancala board and a set of like-colored stones. Each player owns a set of pits on his side of the board -- but not in the normal way of most Mancala games. This is the player's 'block'. Players take turns making moves. You begin your turn by scooping all of the stones out of any one of the 12 small pits which contains stones. (There will never be more than five stones in a small pit.) You conclude your turn by distributing those stones into pits adjacent to and surrounding the newly emptied pit. Players cannot pass on their turn. There will always be at least one move available. If, at the conclusion of a turn, one of the two blocks is completely vacated, the owner of that block wins. This game is a unique, robust addition to the family of Mancala games.