How to play

(1) To decide turns, players do rock, paper, scissors. All players, except the one whose turn it is, lay their menko on the ground. The first player tries to flip one of the menko over by throwing his own menko at it.

(2) If a menko on the ground is flipped over, the thrower keeps it and the loser is out of the game. If no menko flips, the next player gets a turn. Rules vary. In one variation, a circle about 1 meter in diameter is drawn on the ground. Menko knocked out of the circle are taken. In another variation, players take turns, and whoever flips over a menko first gets to keep all of them on the ground.