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Mancala is a family of two-player board games in which you sow seeds around a board of pits. Here you play the most common version, often called Kalah: 6 pits with 4 seeds each, an extra turn when your last seed lands in your store, and captures. Play free against the AI, a friend by link or a random opponent.

Rules on this page: Kalah

Leaderboard

Mancala at a glance

Players
2
Board
2 rows of 6 pits and a store at each end
Seeds
4 in each pit, 48 in total
Sowing
One seed per pit, counter-clockwise, into your own store but never your opponent's
Extra turn
When your last seed lands in your store
Capture
Last seed in your empty pit with seeds opposite: take both
End
When either player's pits are all empty; the seeds left go to their owner's store
Winner
More seeds in the store; 24–24 is a draw

How to play mancala

Players take turns. Pick up all the seeds of one of your pits and sow them one by one counter-clockwise, into your own store but never your opponent's. If the last seed lands in your store, you move again; if it lands in your own empty pit and the opposite pit has seeds, you capture them. When either row is empty, each player keeps the seeds on their side, and the player with more seeds wins.

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