The Daily Mancala challenge for August 9, 2026: same opponent, same starting side, for every player in the world.
Sunday caps the week with the deepest-searching opponent — endgame counting decides it.
Number 9 in the daily line-up belongs to August 9, 2026. Win it once and it is banked; the calendar deals a fresh setup at midnight.
The first sow belongs to the computer today. 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.
Expect punishing play: the hard setting converts every loose sow, so verify each landing pit before you commit.
The archive holds 8 earlier boards. Refresh the capture rule in the how-to-play guide before you sow, or replay earlier challenges once this board is banked.