The great sowing game of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, played with 162 balls across nine holes a side. Sow a hole anticlockwise; if your last ball makes an AI hole even, you scoop it into your store. Landing to leave a hole holding exactly three on the AI’s side can claim it as your “tuz” — a sacred hole that feeds you every turn after.
Rules
Tap one of your nine holes (the bottom row) to sow its balls one by one, anticlockwise — a hole with more than one ball leaves its first ball behind in the starting hole.
Land your last ball in an AI hole that becomes an even number, and you scoop the whole hole into your kazan.
Land your last ball to leave an AI hole holding exactly three, and you may claim it as your "tuz" — it automatically pours into your kazan every turn from then on (you may only ever claim one, and never the AI’s ninth hole).
First to gather 82 of the 162 balls in your kazan wins.
Tips
Because the first ball stays home, a hole with N balls reaches N-1 holes ahead — count carefully to land your last ball on an AI hole that will turn even. A tuz deep on the AI’s side is worth a fortune over a long game, but you only ever get one, so spend it well.