Oware

Mrs has introduced me to this traditional game from Ghana. It reminds me quite a lot of Kalaha, but the rules are different.
Each player has six pods with four pebbles in each on opposite sides of the board. One player picks up the pebbles from one pod placing one pebble in the each of the following pods counter clockwise. The pebbles in the pod where the last pebble is placed are picked up and the pebble placing continues counter clockwise. If the last pebble is put in an empty pod, your turn is over and it's the other players turn.
Anytime four pebbles are formed in one pod (except from the start when all pods contain four...) the player on whose side the four pebbles are may pick them up and keep them, lets call them a 'set'. If the last pebble you drop forms a set you may pick the four pebbles up and keep them, even if they are on the opponents side. The game continues until the next but last set of four pebbles are gained by one of the players, who then gains the last four aswell. The players count the number of sets of four pebbles they have, and the one with the most is the winner. The board is reset (four pebbles in each pod), but the players now have as many pods as they managed to get sets of four pebbles. For example, me and Mrs play. I win (he he!) because I have collected 7 sets of four pebbles, while Mrs only has 5. This means that in the next round I have 7 pods, one on Mrs' side of the board, and she has the remaining 5. You can just imagine how eager she is to get even, right?
Ah, I don't know how informative this description is, I think you'll have to challenge us when you meet us instead. I'm still learning but might put up a fight against another beginner...
I searched the Internet for online games and apparently this game is popular in many parts of the world, especially in different parts of Africa, and there seems to be lots of variations on rules (amongst one is the afor mentioned Kalaha...). Thus the online Owares I found do not share mine and Mrs' rules... Feel free to search on your own. A Google search for "oware online" gave a few different versions playable online!