Congkak Rules

🎯 Objective of the Game

The goal is to collect more seeds (also known as marbles or shells) in your storehouse than your opponent by the end of the game.

🧩 Game Setup

• The board has 2 rows of 7 houses (small holes) and 2 large storehouses (one for each player).
• Each house starts with 7 seeds. The storehouses start empty.
• Each player controls their 7 houses and their own storehouse.

🔁 How to Play

• Pick a house from your side and collect all seeds from it.
• Sow the seeds one-by-one into each following hole counter-clockwise:
• Include your own storehouse, but skip your opponent’s storehouse.
• If seeds remain, continue sowing on the opponent’s side.

⭐ Special Rules

• If the last seed lands in your storehouse, you get a free turn.
• If it lands in an empty house on your side, and the opposite house has seeds:
  • Capture all seeds from both holes and put them in your storehouse.
• If both are empty, your turn ends with no capture.

🛑 End of Turn

• Your turn ends if:
  • Your last seed lands in an empty house (with no capture),
  • Your last seed lands on the opponent's side,
  • You don’t get a replay (by landing in your storehouse),
  • You have no seeds left in your houses.

🧠 Strategy Tip

Aim for free turns and strategic captures. Plan to land in your storehouse often and avoid feeding the opponent.

🏁 End of the Game

• Game ends when all 7 houses on one side are empty.
• Remaining seeds on the board go to the opponent's storehouse.

🏆 Winning

The player with the most seeds in their storehouse wins the game.