How to Play Mancala (Kalah)
Objective
A 2-player strategy game. Collect more stones in your store than
your opponent by the end of the game.
Setup
The board has 6 pits per player and a store at each end. Each pit
starts with 4 stones (48 total). Player 0 (bottom) moves first.
On Your Turn
- Pick one of your pits that has stones.
- All stones are lifted and sown one-by-one counter-clockwise into
subsequent pits and your own store. The opponent's store is skipped.
Special Rules
Extra turn — If the last stone lands in your store, you take
another turn immediately.
Capture — If the last stone lands in an empty pit on your side
and the opposite pit has stones, both the landing stone and all
opposite stones are moved to your store.
Game End
The game ends when all 6 pits on one player's side are empty.
The other player collects all remaining stones on their side into
their store. The player with more stones in their store wins.
Equal counts result in a draw.