Start the round
Look at the Mancala game above. If you see a start, play, or new game button, press it first.
YaliKit board game
Mancala
The classic count-and-capture board game. Sow seeds counterclockwise, land in your own store to go again, and capture the pit opposite an empty landing pit. Most seeds in your store wins.
Sow seeds around the board, chain extra turns by landing in your store, and raid your opponent with well-timed captures to fill your store first.
📖 How to play
How to play Mancala
Pick up the seeds from one of your pits and drop them one by one around the board. Land in your own store to go again.
- 1
Pick one of your pits
Your six pits are the bottom row, and each one starts with four seeds. On your turn, tap one of your pits that still has seeds in it.
- 2
Sow the seeds
All the seeds from that pit are dropped one at a time into the next pits, going counterclockwise. You drop one in your own store when you pass it, but you skip the other player's store.
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Land in your store, go again
If your very last seed lands in your own store on the right, you get another turn straight away. Line these up to take several turns in a row.
- 4
Land in an empty pit to capture
If your last seed drops into an empty pit on your own side, you grab that seed and every seed in the pit straight across from it, and they all go into your store.
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Fill your store
The round ends when one side has no seeds left. The other player sweeps their seeds into their store, and whoever has the most seeds in their store wins.
How you win
Collect more seeds in your store than your opponent does. When one side is empty the leftover seeds are swept home, and the bigger store wins. Equal stores is a tie.
Count the seeds before you sow so you can land the last one right in your store for a free extra turn.
Play the computer to practise, sit next to a friend for 2 players, or tap Play with friends to match someone online.