The Daily Mancala challenge for August 4, 2026: same opponent, same starting side, for every player in the world.
Tuesday stays friendly — a good day to work on setting up your first deliberate captures.
August 4, 2026 brings daily board #4: the same deal for every player, with the clock starting the moment you press Play.
You take the opening turn on this date. On this 48-stone deal, exactly one of the six opening sows (pit 3) lands its last stone in the store for a free extra turn, and none of them exposes an immediate capture in reply, so the first exchange is about tempo rather than traps.
At the easy setting the engine searches shallow lines, so extra-turn chains you build will usually survive to pay off.
The archive holds 3 earlier boards. Sharpen your opening lines with the strategy guide, then browse the full calendar for any daily you missed.