The Daily Mancala challenge for September 20, 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.
Board #51 in the daily series lands on September 20, 2026. Everyone faces the identical deal, so the score you bank is directly comparable.
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 50 earlier boards. Refresh the capture rule in the how-to-play guide before you sow, or replay earlier challenges once this board is banked.