La'b Hakimi (''Rational game''), also known as La'b Akili (''Intelligent Game''), is a
mancala
Mancala ( ''manqalah'') is a family of two-player Turns, rounds and time-keeping systems in games, turn-based Strategy game, strategy board games played with small stones, beans, marbles or seeds and rows of holes or pits in the earth, a board ...
game played in
Syria
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Rules
The game has the same rules as
La'b Madjnuni (''Crazy Game'') except the following:
*At the beginning of the game, seven pieces are placed in each house
*Each player may choose one of the seven houses under their control, instead of first taking from the house on their right.
References
Traditional mancala games
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