The object of the game is to capture more seeds than one's opponent. Since the game has only 48 seeds, capturing 25 is sufficient to accomplish this. Since there are an even number of seeds, it is possible for the game to end in a draw, where each player has captured 24. The game is over when one player has captured 25 or more seeds, or both players have taken 24 seeds each (draw). If both players agree that the game has been reduced to an endless cycle, each player captures the seeds on their side of the board.
Is amas a’ gheama barrachd sìl a ghlacadh na ghlacas an duine eile. On nach eil ach 48 sìol sa gheama, nì thu a’ chùis ma ghlacas tu 25 dhiubh. On a tha àireamh chothrom de shìl ann, faodaidh an geama crìochnachadh mar gheama ionnanach nuair a bhios gach cluicheadair air 24 sìol a ghlacadh. Bidh an geama seachad nuair a bhios cluicheadair air co-dhiù 25 sìol a ghlacadh no ma tha 24 sìol aig gach cluicheadair (geama ionnanach). Ma dh’aontaicheas an dithis chluicheadair nach eil sa gheama tuilleadh ach cearcall gun chrìch, glacaidh gach cluicheadair na tha de shìl air an taobh aige fhèin dhen bhòrd.