The Daily Mancala challenge for September 14, 2026: same opponent, same starting side, for every player in the world.
Monday opens the week gently: a relaxed opponent that lets you practice extra-turn openings.
Puzzle #45 of the daily run falls on September 14, 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 a lenient game: the easy engine rarely punishes a loaded pit, which makes it a good day to rehearse capture setups.
The archive holds 44 earlier boards. Refresh the capture rule in the how-to-play guide before you sow, or replay earlier challenges once this board is banked.