One of the oldest games in the world
Mancala games have been played for well over a thousand years. This version uses the popular Kalah rules: each side has six pits with four seeds and a big store on the right. On your turn, pick up all seeds from one of your pits and sow them one by one counter-clockwise – into your own store, but never into your opponent’s.
If your last seed lands in your store, you go again. If it lands in an empty pit on your side and the opposite pit has seeds, you capture them all. When one side is empty, the game ends and each player keeps the seeds on their side. Most seeds wins!
How to use
- Tap one of your highlighted pits (bottom row).
- Watch the seeds being sown counter-clockwise.
- Last seed in your store? Take another turn.
- Collect more seeds than your opponent.
Ideas for using it
- Opening tip. with 4 seeds, the third pit from the left lands exactly in your store – free extra turn.
- Capture. land in an empty pit opposite a full one.
- Defence. don’t leave big piles opposite your opponent’s empty pits.
- Quick game. 3 seeds per pit.