Kalah - Rules

Kalah is played by two players on a board with two rows of 6 holes facing each other and two "kalahs" (the rightmost hole of each player).
The stones are called "beans". At the beginning of the game, there are 6 beans in every hole. The kalahs are empty. Start position

The object of Kalah is to get as many beans into your own kalah by distributing them.
A player moves by taking all the beans in one of his 6 holes and distributing them counterclockwise, by putting one bean in every hole including his, but excluding the opponent's kalah.

There are two special moves:

Extra move:

If the last bean is distributed into his own kalah, the player may move again. He has to move again even if he does not want to.

Capture:

If the last bean falls into an empty hole of the player and the opponent's hole above (or below) is not empty, the player puts his last bean and all the beans in his opponent's hole into his kalah. He has won all those beans.

The game ends if all 6 holes of one player become empty (no matter if it is this player's move or not).
The beans in the other player's holes are given into this player's kalah.

The player who won more beans (at least 37) becomes the winner.

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If the last bean is distributed into his own kalah, the player may move again. He has to move again even if he does not want to.