Big Bang Mancala Rules
Object:
To have the most stones in your Mancala (the bowl at the right of the board) when there are no more stones in play.
How to Play:
The closest row and the mancala bowl to the right belongs to you. The players take turns picking up the stones (or in this case Will ‘o The Wisps) in one of the smaller globes on their side, and depositing them, one at a time, in the small globes going counter-clockwise around the board. If you pass your own mancala, then you deposit a wisp, but never deposit wisps into the opponent’s mancala. If the last wisp deposited ends up in your mancala, you get to take another turn. If the wisp lands in an empty globe on your side, and there are wisps in the opponent’s globe opposite, both that wisp and the opponent’s wisps in that globe go into your mancala. If a player ends up with no wisps on their side, then all of the wisps in the opponent’s globes go to the opponent’s mancala.
Strategy:
Do not think in terms of saving up your Will o’ The Wisps, but instead, think more zen-like. The more you give away the more comes back to you. (Like the bluebird of happiness!)
Big Bang Reversi Rules
Object:
To have the most pieces on the board with your own color.
How to play:
Play alternates. Black goes first. To make a legal move, surround a chip or line(s) of chips horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. All surrounded pieces become your color. If you can not surround any chips, you must pass. Play ends when both players pass, or when the board is full.
Strategy:
In the beginning of the game try to stay as close to the center of the board as possible. Corners are impossible to surround so try to seize them!
Big Bang Chess Rules
Object:
To win at Chess, you must trap your opponent’s king so that he is threatened, and has no legal moves that would make the king safe. This is called a “checkmate”.
How to Play
Big Bang Checkers (Draughts) Rules
Object:
To prevent the opponent from being able to move. Do this by either capturing all of his/her checkers, or by blocking his/her pieces so that they can not be moved. If nobody can do this, the game ends in a draw.
How to Play
Strategy:
The four back rows are not jumpable so it’s good to keep your men there as long as possible. Try to trigger movement in the opponent’s ranks by sacrificing checkers. Good luck!
Big Bang Backgammon Rules
Object:
The object of the game is to move all of your checkers into your home quadrant, and then off the board, “bear them off.” The first player to bear off all pieces wins the game.
How to Play
Big Bang 4-In-A-Row Rules
Object:
To connect pieces of your color so that a row of 4 pieces is made. Rows may be vertical, horizontal, or diagonal. The first player to do so wins. Should no player make a four-piece row by the time the entire board is full, the match ends in a draw.
How to play:
On your turn, click on any empty space directly above a space already filled. This ends your turn. It may seem simple to see a line of four, but it can be maddeningly difficult!
Strategy:
Getting three pieces in a row with no blocks on either side is a guaranteed win. Try to maximize your chances at making these while not allowing your opponent to do the same.
Big Bang Tic-Tac-Toe Rules
Object:
To place three of your markers in a row.
How to Play:
Play alternates, with X going first. Each player places a marker only once during a turn.
Strategy:
Remember that there are eight possible ways to get three in a row once you have the middle, but that doesn’t mean you’re automatically going to win.
