The Daily Mancala challenge for August 15, 2026: same opponent, same starting side, for every player in the world.
Saturday is tournament pace — every loose sow gets punished.
Puzzle #15 of the daily run falls on August 15, 2026. The configuration is fixed by the date itself, so replays and rebuilds never change it.
The first sow belongs to you 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 14 earlier boards. Refresh the capture rule in the how-to-play guide before you sow, or replay earlier challenges once this board is banked.