Lite 8

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This package was distributed as a Macintosh archive.

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Lite 8 is a JavaScript implementation of MiniMancala, the Noughts & Crosses of the Mancala family. It's a board game for two players, and can be played against another person, the computer, or all by itself.
It's also a nice example of what can (and can't) be done with JavaScript.

Before you play Lite 8, take a minute to look at the rules.

play Lite 8

This game requires Frames and JavaScript support from your browser (for example Netscape 2.01 and up).


Please note the game is best viewed on a Macintosh with Netscape (default font size 12).
If you're viewing this on Windows 95 and/or are using large fonts, parts of the game might be obscured, when using the button above. If that's the case, use this oversized Lite 8:

play Lite 8 oversized

By the way, the graphics are also much better displayed on a Mac!


MiniMancala rules

There are two players, North and South. Any player starts. Players move - and must move - in turn. Each player controls the two pits on his side. On his turn a player picks up all beads of one of his own pits, and distributes them one by one over the other three pits going in a anti-clockwise direction.
So, if a cup contains more than 3 beads, the fourth bead will fall in the same cup as the first.
If a player on his turn finds both his pits empty, he has lost.

Like Noughts & Crosses, the game is a determined draw.

Play Lite 8


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