Mancala
Ancient Strategy Game • 4,000+ Years Old

Sow seeds, capture your opponent's stash, and collect the most stones in your store. One of the oldest board games in human history — simple to learn, a lifetime to master.

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How to Play

🎯 Goal

Collect more seeds in your store than your opponent by the end of the game.

📋 Setup

  • The board has 12 small pits (6 on each side) and 2 large stores.
  • Your 6 pits are on the bottom. Your store is on the right.
  • Each pit starts with 4 seeds.

🔄 Your Turn

  • Click one of your pits to pick up all its seeds.
  • Sow them one by one counterclockwise — into each subsequent pit.
  • You skip your opponent's store, but not your own.

⭐ Extra Turn

If your last seed lands in your store, you get another turn!

💡 You have 3 seeds in pit 5 (rightmost). Sowing them: pit 6 (your store), pit 7, pit 8. Wait — that's only if you have 1 seed. With 1 seed in pit 5, it goes to your store → extra turn!

💎 Capture

If your last seed lands in an empty pit on your side, you capture that seed plus all seeds in the opposite pit. They all go to your store!

💡 Your last seed lands in your empty pit 2. The opposite pit (pit 10) has 5 seeds. You capture 1 + 5 = 6 seeds into your store!

🏁 Game End

When all pits on one side are empty, the game ends. Remaining seeds on the other side go to that player's store. Most seeds wins!

🧠 Strategy Tips

  • Plan ahead to get extra turns — they're powerful!
  • Set up captures by emptying pits at the right time.
  • Keep seeds on your side to maintain options.
  • Watch your opponent's empty pits — avoid feeding them!
Game Over
You Win!
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